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AWS awssupport low security documentation change

Service: awssupport · 2025-07-07 · Security-related low

File: awssupport/latest/user/security-checks.md

Summary

Updated section headings to lowercase and expanded Yellow criteria to include ACL evaluation issues

Security assessment

The change enhances documentation for security checks by explicitly including ACL evaluation in error conditions. Since S3 ACL misconfigurations are a common security risk, this update improves clarity around security monitoring capabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/awssupport/latest/user/security-checks.md b/awssupport/latest/user/security-checks.md
index 8c00182ee..bf9b05b85 100644
--- a//awssupport/latest/user/security-checks.md
+++ b//awssupport/latest/user/security-checks.md
@@ -980 +980 @@ This check examines explicit bucket permissions, as well as bucket policies that
-**Alert Criteria**
+**Alert criteria**
@@ -989 +989 @@ This check examines explicit bucket permissions, as well as bucket policies that
-  * Yellow: Trusted Advisor does not have permission to check the policy, or the policy could not be evaluated for other reasons.
+  * Yellow: Trusted Advisor does not have permission to check the policy or ACL, or the policy or ACL could not be evaluated for other reasons.
@@ -998 +998 @@ This check examines explicit bucket permissions, as well as bucket policies that
-**Recommended Action**
+**Recommended action**
@@ -1003 +1003 @@ If a bucket allows open access, determine if open access is truly needed. For ex
-**Additional Resources**
+**Additional resources**