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AWS athena documentation change

Service: athena · 2025-10-22 · Documentation medium

File: athena/latest/ug/security-infrastructure.md

Summary

Removed mention of requiring signed requests using access keys or AWS STS

Security assessment

The removed line described standard AWS authentication practices but there's no evidence this change addresses a specific security vulnerability. It reduces documentation clarity about security practices but isn't tied to a disclosed issue.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/security-infrastructure.md b/athena/latest/ug/security-infrastructure.md
index e2af689e3..04f439577 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/security-infrastructure.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/security-infrastructure.md
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@ You use AWS published API calls to access Athena through the network. Clients mu
-Additionally, requests must be signed by using an access key ID and a secret access key that is associated with an IAM principal. Or you can use the [AWS Security Token Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/welcome.html) (AWS STS) to generate temporary security credentials to sign requests.
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