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AWS textract medium security documentation change

Service: textract · 2025-10-22 · Security-related medium

File: textract/latest/dg/infrastructure-security.md

Summary

Removed two sentences about requiring signed API requests using IAM credentials or AWS STS temporary security credentials

Security assessment

The removed content described fundamental security requirements for API authentication. Deleting this guidance could mislead users about proper credential management practices, potentially leading to insecure implementations if this information isn't relocated elsewhere in the documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/textract/latest/dg/infrastructure-security.md b/textract/latest/dg/infrastructure-security.md
index caea7bc15..de3daae5a 100644
--- a//textract/latest/dg/infrastructure-security.md
+++ b//textract/latest/dg/infrastructure-security.md
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@ You use AWS published API calls to access Amazon Textract through the network. C
-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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