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AWS autoscaling documentation change

Service: autoscaling · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-data-protection.md

Summary

Updated product name references from 'Auto Scaling' to 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling' for consistency and clarity in documentation.

Security assessment

The changes are purely editorial, clarifying the full product name ('Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling') instead of the abbreviated form. There is no modification to security-related content, encryption practices, or policies. The updates do not address vulnerabilities, security incidents, or introduce new security features.

Diff

diff --git a/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-data-protection.md b/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-data-protection.md
index 91c6bb05b..704d7803d 100644
--- a//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-data-protection.md
+++ b//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-data-protection.md
@@ -34 +34 @@ When you launch an Amazon EC2 instance, you have the option of passing user data
-You can configure your Auto Scaling group to encrypt Amazon EBS volume data stored in the cloud with AWS KMS keys. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports AWS managed and customer managed keys to encrypt your data. Note that the `KmsKeyId` option to specify a customer managed key is not available when you use a launch configuration. To specify your customer managed key, use a launch template instead. For more information, see [Create a launch template for an Auto Scaling group](./create-launch-template.html). For information about how to create, store, and manage your AWS KMS encryption keys, see the [AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/). 
+You can configure your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group to encrypt Amazon EBS volume data stored in the cloud with AWS KMS keys. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports AWS managed and customer managed keys to encrypt your data. Note that the `KmsKeyId` option to specify a customer managed key is not available when you use a launch configuration. To specify your customer managed key, use a launch template instead. For more information, see [Create a launch template for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group](./create-launch-template.html). For information about how to create, store, and manage your AWS KMS encryption keys, see the [AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/). 
@@ -40 +40 @@ You can also configure a customer managed key in your EBS-backed AMI before sett
-For information about how to set up the key policy that you need to launch Auto Scaling instances when you use a customer managed key for encryption, see [Required AWS KMS key policy for use with encrypted volumes](./key-policy-requirements-EBS-encryption.html). 
+For information about how to set up the key policy that you need to launch Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling instances when you use a customer managed key for encryption, see [Required AWS KMS key policy for use with encrypted volumes](./key-policy-requirements-EBS-encryption.html).