AWS prescriptive-guidance high security documentation change

Service: prescriptive-guidance · 2026-01-22 · Security-related high

File: prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/monitor-amazon-elasticache-clusters-for-at-rest-encryption.md

Summary

Updated related pattern from 'Monitor EC2 instance key pairs' to 'Monitor IAM root user activity'.

Security assessment

New pattern focuses on monitoring privileged IAM root account activity, which is a critical security control against unauthorized access.

Diff

diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/monitor-amazon-elasticache-clusters-for-at-rest-encryption.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/monitor-amazon-elasticache-clusters-for-at-rest-encryption.md
index d9d35b2cb..46fe2e5ad 100644
--- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/monitor-amazon-elasticache-clusters-for-at-rest-encryption.md
+++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/monitor-amazon-elasticache-clusters-for-at-rest-encryption.md
@@ -263 +263 @@ Manage credentials with AWS Secrets Manager
-Monitor EC2 instance key pairs
+Monitor IAM root user activity