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AWS redshift medium security documentation change

Service: redshift · 2025-08-16 · Security-related medium

File: redshift/latest/dg/t_ddm.md

Summary

Added note about automatic masking of sensitive metadata in system table logs

Security assessment

Explicitly mentions preventing exposure of sensitive metadata through secure logging practices, indicating a security control implementation

Diff

diff --git a/redshift/latest/dg/t_ddm.md b/redshift/latest/dg/t_ddm.md
index 1306b2a75..575941b53 100644
--- a//redshift/latest/dg/t_ddm.md
+++ b//redshift/latest/dg/t_ddm.md
@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@ Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting
+###### Note
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+Amazon Redshift automatically masks certain system table columns when logging information about queries made to Data Catalog views to prevent exposure of sensitive metadata. For more information, see [ Secure logging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/db-auditing-secure-logging.html) in the _Amazon Redshift Management Guide_.
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