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AWS whitepapers documentation change

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

File: whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-in-transit.md

Summary

Updated 'AWS Direct Connect' to 'Direct Connect' in data encryption context

Security assessment

Service name standardization in GDPR guidance, maintains existing security recommendations about VPN/IPsec encryption without introducing new security content.

Diff

diff --git a/whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-in-transit.md b/whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-in-transit.md
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+++ b//whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-in-transit.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ When you create an AWS account, a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud—
-For protecting communication between your Amazon VPC and your corporate datacenter, you can select from [several VPN connectivity options](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpn-connections.html), and choose one that best matches your needs. You can use the AWS Client VPN to enable secure access to your AWS resources using client-based VPN services. You can also use a third-party software VPN appliance available in the AWS Marketplace, which you can install on an Amazon EC2 instance in your Amazon VPC. Alternatively, you can create an IPsec VPN connection to protect the communication between your VPC and your remote network. To create a dedicated private connection from a remote network to your Amazon VPC, you can use [AWS Direct Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/). You can combine this connection with an AWS Site-to-Site VPN to create an IPsec-encrypted private connection.
+For protecting communication between your Amazon VPC and your corporate datacenter, you can select from [several VPN connectivity options](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpn-connections.html), and choose one that best matches your needs. You can use the AWS Client VPN to enable secure access to your AWS resources using client-based VPN services. You can also use a third-party software VPN appliance available in the AWS Marketplace, which you can install on an Amazon EC2 instance in your Amazon VPC. Alternatively, you can create an IPsec VPN connection to protect the communication between your VPC and your remote network. To create a dedicated private connection from a remote network to your Amazon VPC, you can use [Direct Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/). You can combine this connection with an AWS Site-to-Site VPN to create an IPsec-encrypted private connection.