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AWS data-exchange medium security documentation change

Service: data-exchange · 2026-06-01 · Security-related medium

File: data-exchange/latest/userguide/subscriber-getting-started.md

Summary

Updated user creation step to reference IAM admin user guide instead of internal section

Security assessment

Explicitly references IAM admin security best practices ('Creating your first IAM admin user and group'), addressing potential credential mismanagement risks by directing to authoritative security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/data-exchange/latest/userguide/subscriber-getting-started.md b/data-exchange/latest/userguide/subscriber-getting-started.md
index 2fe90b3f7..923fae5c7 100644
--- a//data-exchange/latest/userguide/subscriber-getting-started.md
+++ b//data-exchange/latest/userguide/subscriber-getting-started.md
@@ -34 +34 @@ Before you can use AWS Data Exchange, you must sign up for AWS and create a user
-  1. Sign up for an AWS account. For more information, see [Sign up for an AWS account](./setting-up.html#setting-up-aws-sign-up).
+  1. Sign up for an AWS account. For more information, see [Sign up for an AWS account](./setting-up.html#sign-up-for-aws).
@@ -36 +36 @@ Before you can use AWS Data Exchange, you must sign up for AWS and create a user
-  2. Create a user. For more information, see [Create a user](./setting-up.html#setting-up-create-iam-user).
+  2. Create a user with administrative access. For more information, see [Creating your first IAM admin user and group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started_create-admin-group.html).