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AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2026-04-19 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_Scenario_AccountManagement_section.md

Summary

Changed description from 'Permission policy allows AWS Compute Optimizer Automation to apply recommended actions' to 'Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager'

Security assessment

This change promotes security best practices by recommending moving hardcoded secrets to AWS Secrets Manager, which helps prevent credential exposure in code/configurations. However, there's no evidence this addresses a specific security vulnerability or incident.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_Scenario_AccountManagement_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_Scenario_AccountManagement_section.md
index 7694fd76f..1c3f35173 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_Scenario_AccountManagement_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_Scenario_AccountManagement_section.md
@@ -308 +308 @@ Manage roles
-Permission policy allows AWS Compute Optimizer Automation to apply recommended actions
+Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager