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AWS mgn medium security documentation change

Service: mgn · 2025-08-28 · Security-related medium

File: mgn/latest/ug/credentials.md

Summary

Updated guidance to recommend using same policy for long-term credentials as temporary credentials instead of linking to separate documentation

Security assessment

The change emphasizes policy consistency between credential types, reducing risk of misconfigured long-term credentials which are more vulnerable to compromise. By aligning policies, it reinforces security best practices for sensitive credentials.

Diff

diff --git a/mgn/latest/ug/credentials.md b/mgn/latest/ug/credentials.md
index 0603a785b..e9cda65c9 100644
--- a//mgn/latest/ug/credentials.md
+++ b//mgn/latest/ug/credentials.md
@@ -34 +34 @@ An example of generating temporary credentials via AWS CLI can be found [here](h
-Where possible, we recommend using temporary credentials instead of creating users who have long-term credentials such as passwords and access keys. However, there are specific use cases that require long-term credentials (for example, agentless snapshot based replications). [Learn more about long-term credentials.](./vcenter-credentials-mgn.html)
+Where possible, we recommend using temporary credentials instead of creating users who have long-term credentials such as passwords and access keys. However, there are specific use cases that require long-term credentials (for example, agentless snapshot based replications). In general, you should be able to use the same policy as recommended above in _Temporary Credentials_.