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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/infrastructure-security.md

Summary

Multiple updates replacing 'AWS CloudFormation' with 'CloudFormation' in security context

Security assessment

Branding/naming standardization in existing security documentation. Existing security guidance about access policies and VPC restrictions remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/infrastructure-security.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/infrastructure-security.md
index 821648a5f..77fa0d6c0 100644
--- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/infrastructure-security.md
+++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/infrastructure-security.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-# Infrastructure security in AWS CloudFormation
+# Infrastructure security in CloudFormation
@@ -9 +9 @@ As a managed service, AWS CloudFormation is protected by AWS global network secu
-You use AWS published API calls to access AWS CloudFormation through the network. Clients must support the following:
+You use AWS published API calls to access CloudFormation through the network. Clients must support the following:
@@ -18 +18 @@ You use AWS published API calls to access AWS CloudFormation through the network
-You can call these API operations from any network location, but AWS CloudFormation does support resource-based access policies, which can include restrictions based on the source IP address. You can also use AWS CloudFormation policies to control access from specific Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) endpoints or specific VPCs. Effectively, this isolates network access to a given AWS CloudFormation resource from only the specific VPC within the AWS network.
+You can call these API operations from any network location, but CloudFormation does support resource-based access policies, which can include restrictions based on the source IP address. You can also use CloudFormation policies to control access from specific Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) endpoints or specific VPCs. Effectively, this isolates network access to a given CloudFormation resource from only the specific VPC within the AWS network.