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AWS deadline-cloud documentation change

Service: deadline-cloud · 2026-01-28 · Documentation medium

File: deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/key-management.md

Summary

Added explicit warning about irreversible data loss when deleting KMS keys.

Security assessment

Strengthens security documentation about critical KMS implications but doesn't fix a vulnerability. Highlights severe operational risk.

Diff

diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/key-management.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/key-management.md
index 7c73d075a..237e2a1c2 100644
--- a//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/key-management.md
+++ b//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/key-management.md
@@ -379 +379 @@ The following example CloudTrail event occurs when encrypting values using the c
-Deleting a customer managed KMS key in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) is destructive and potentially dangerous. It irreversibly deletes the key material and all metadata associated with the key. After a customer managed KMS key is deleted, you can no longer decrypt the data that was encrypted by that key. This means that the data becomes unrecoverable.
+Deleting a customer managed KMS key in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) is destructive and potentially dangerous. It irreversibly deletes the key material and all metadata associated with the key. After a customer managed KMS key is deleted, you can no longer decrypt the data that was encrypted by that key. Deleting the key means that the data becomes unrecoverable.