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AWS security-ir documentation change

Service: security-ir · 2025-08-10 · Documentation low

File: security-ir/latest/userguide/introduction.md

Summary

Updated NIST reference from SP 800-61 r2 to r3 in documentation

Security assessment

Change updates reference to latest NIST standard version but contains no evidence of addressing specific security vulnerabilities or incidents

Diff

diff --git a/security-ir/latest/userguide/introduction.md b/security-ir/latest/userguide/introduction.md
index 7443012c2..c1d1e02d4 100644
--- a//security-ir/latest/userguide/introduction.md
+++ b//security-ir/latest/userguide/introduction.md
@@ -27 +27 @@ The AWS CAF provides guidance supporting coordination between different parts of
-This whitepaper follows the incident response standards and best practices from the [Computer Security Incident Handling Guide SP 800-61 r2](https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-61/rev-2/final), which was created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Reading and understanding the concepts introduced by NIST is a helpful prerequisite. Concepts and best practices from this NIST guide will be applied to AWS technologies in this paper. However, on-premises incident scenarios are out of scope for this guide. 
+This whitepaper follows the incident response standards and best practices from the [Computer Security Incident Handling Guide SP 800-61 r3](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/61/r3/final), which was created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Reading and understanding the concepts introduced by NIST is a helpful prerequisite. Concepts and best practices from this NIST guide will be applied to AWS technologies in this paper. However, on-premises incident scenarios are out of scope for this guide.