AWS wickr documentation change
Summary
Simplified language around federated identity best practices, removed redundant details about administrator access requirements, and streamlined references to IAM Identity Center documentation.
Security assessment
The changes are editorial improvements to simplify explanations and remove redundant details about federated identities. There is no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability or weakness. The removal of 'including users that require administrator access' appears to be a stylistic simplification rather than a security fix. The updates maintain existing security recommendations without introducing new security features.
Diff
diff --git a/wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/security_iam_authentication-federated.md b/wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/security_iam_authentication-federated.md index cc5c16de8..c1ddb7687 100644 --- a//wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/security_iam_authentication-federated.md +++ b//wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/security_iam_authentication-federated.md @@ -9 +9 @@ This guide documents the classic version of the AWS Wickr administration console -As a best practice, require human users, including users that require administrator access, to use federation with an identity provider to access AWS services by using temporary credentials. +As a best practice, require human users to use federation with an identity provider to access AWS services using temporary credentials. @@ -11 +11 @@ As a best practice, require human users, including users that require administra -A _federated identity_ is a user from your enterprise user directory, a web identity provider, the AWS Directory Service, the Identity Center directory, or any user that accesses AWS services by using credentials provided through an identity source. When federated identities access AWS accounts, they assume roles, and the roles provide temporary credentials. +A _federated identity_ is a user from your enterprise directory, web identity provider, or AWS Directory Service that accesses AWS services using credentials from an identity source. Federated identities assume roles that provide temporary credentials. @@ -13 +13 @@ A _federated identity_ is a user from your enterprise user directory, a web iden -For centralized access management, we recommend that you use AWS IAM Identity Center. You can create users and groups in IAM Identity Center, or you can connect and synchronize to a set of users and groups in your own identity source for use across all your AWS accounts and applications. For information about IAM Identity Center, see [What is IAM Identity Center?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/what-is.html) in the _AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide_. +For centralized access management, we recommend AWS IAM Identity Center. For more information, see [What is IAM Identity Center?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/what-is.html) in the _AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide_.