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AWS deadline-cloud high security documentation change

Service: deadline-cloud · 2025-10-22 · Security-related high

File: deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md

Summary

Removed details about API request signing requirements (access keys, secret keys, and AWS STS temporary credentials).

Security assessment

The deleted lines explicitly described critical security practices for authenticating API requests. Removing this documentation could mislead users into neglecting proper authentication mechanisms, increasing the risk of unauthorized access. This constitutes a direct impact on security guidance.

Diff

diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
index 5b44374b6..2f2d61bcf 100644
--- a//deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
+++ b//deadline-cloud/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@ You use AWS published API calls to access Deadline Cloud through the network. Cl
-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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