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AWS bedrock documentation change

Service: bedrock · 2025-08-13 · Documentation low

File: bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-edit.md

Summary

Updated IAM terminology from 'IAM identity' to 'IAM principal' with link to documentation

Security assessment

Change clarifies IAM terminology but doesn't address a specific security vulnerability or add new security features. Improves documentation accuracy.

Diff

diff --git a/bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-edit.md b/bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-edit.md
index e7072c236..0387cea01 100644
--- a//bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-edit.md
+++ b//bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-edit.md
@@ -16 +16 @@ Console
-  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console with an IAM identity that has permissions to use the Amazon Bedrock console. Then, open the Amazon Bedrock console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/).
+  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console with an [IAM principal](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_identity-management.html#intro-structure-terms) that has permissions to use the Amazon Bedrock console. Then, open the Amazon Bedrock console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/).
@@ -35 +35 @@ If you change the foundation model, any [prompt templates](./advanced-prompts.ht
-  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console with an IAM identity that has permissions to use the Amazon Bedrock console. Then, open the Amazon Bedrock console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/).
+  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console with an [IAM principal](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_identity-management.html#intro-structure-terms) that has permissions to use the Amazon Bedrock console. Then, open the Amazon Bedrock console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/).