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AWS whitepapers documentation change

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

File: whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-at-rest.md

Summary

Removed the specific count '117' from the statement about AWS services that offer encryption for customer data at rest.

Security assessment

The change is a minor editorial update to generalize a statistic. It removes a specific, potentially outdated number of services. This does not indicate a security vulnerability, weakness, or incident. The core security guidance about encrypting data at rest remains unchanged.

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diff --git a/whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-at-rest.md b/whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-at-rest.md
index 5b48724c1..db999f1b9 100644
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+++ b//whitepapers/latest/navigating-gdpr-compliance/encrypt-data-at-rest.md
@@ -9 +9 @@
-Encrypting data at rest is vital for regulatory compliance and data protection. It helps to ensure that sensitive data saved on disks is not readable by any user or application without a valid key. AWS provides multiple options for encryption at rest and encryption key management. For example, you can use the [AWS Encryption SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/encryption-sdk/latest/developer-guide/introduction.html) with an [AWS KMS Key](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/concepts.html) created and managed in AWS KMS to encrypt arbitrary data. All 117 AWS services that store customer data offer the ability to encrypt that data. 
+Encrypting data at rest is vital for regulatory compliance and data protection. It helps to ensure that sensitive data saved on disks is not readable by any user or application without a valid key. AWS provides multiple options for encryption at rest and encryption key management. For example, you can use the [AWS Encryption SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/encryption-sdk/latest/developer-guide/introduction.html) with an [AWS KMS Key](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/concepts.html) created and managed in AWS KMS to encrypt arbitrary data. All AWS services that store customer data offer the ability to encrypt that data.