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AWS verifiedpermissions documentation change

Service: verifiedpermissions · 2026-01-22 · Documentation low

File: verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-data-protection.md

Summary

Added support for customer managed keys (CMK) and updated section heading

Security assessment

Introduces documentation for a new security feature (customer managed keys) but doesn't address any specific security vulnerability or incident.

Diff

diff --git a/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-data-protection.md b/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-data-protection.md
index 9c7b84426..82bb7e05d 100644
--- a//verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-data-protection.md
+++ b//verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-data-protection.md
@@ -45 +45,3 @@ This guidance applies to both principal and resource identifiers. Always use ide
-Amazon Verified Permissions automatically encrypts all customer data such as policies with an AWS managed key, so the use of a customer managed key is neither necessary nor supported.
+Amazon Verified Permissions automatically encrypts all customer data such as policies with an AWS managed key. Amazon Verified Permissions also allows for customers to utilize a customer managed key to encrypt their data.
+
+For detailed information about using customer managed keys for encryption, see [Encrypting Resources in Amazon Verified Permissions](./security-data-protection-cmk.html).
@@ -55 +57 @@ Security
-Identity and access management
+Customer managed keys