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AWS govcloud-us medium security documentation change

Service: govcloud-us · 2025-10-13 · Security-related medium

File: govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/using-govcloud-endpoints.md

Summary

Updated FIPS compliance references from 140-2 to 140-3 standards across multiple services (ELB, RDS)

Security assessment

The change addresses cryptographic compliance standards (FIPS 140-2 to 140-3), which are security-critical for government systems. FIPS validation directly impacts data encryption security.

Diff

diff --git a/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/using-govcloud-endpoints.md b/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/using-govcloud-endpoints.md
index e67aefffe..ecdc26996 100644
--- a//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/using-govcloud-endpoints.md
+++ b//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/using-govcloud-endpoints.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ If you access AWS GovCloud (US-West) or AWS GovCloud (US-East) by using the comm
-If you require FIPS 140-2 compliance you should use the FIPS Endpoints linked in the following section. For more information about FIPS 140-2, see "Cryptographic Module Validation Program" on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website.
+If you require FIPS 140-3 compliance you should use the FIPS Endpoints linked in the following section. For more information about FIPS 140-3, see "Cryptographic Module Validation Program" on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website.
@@ -11 +11 @@ If you require FIPS 140-2 compliance you should use the FIPS Endpoints linked in
-If you require the use of FIPS 140-2 validated modules for TLS termination performed on the data plane of the Application Load Balancer HTTPS Listeners, have your account team reach out to the Elastic Load Balancing team.
+If you require the use of FIPS 140-3 validated modules for TLS termination performed on the data plane of the Application Load Balancer HTTPS Listeners, have your account team reach out to the Elastic Load Balancing team.
@@ -13 +13 @@ If you require the use of FIPS 140-2 validated modules for TLS termination perfo
-FIPS-140-2 validated modules in the data plane of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) SSL can be configured for certain database engines. For more information about RDS SSL, see the [Amazon RDS User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.html).
+FIPS-140-3 validated modules in the data plane of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) SSL can be configured for certain database engines. For more information about RDS SSL, see the [Amazon RDS User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.html).