AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change
Summary
Added new glossary terms related to AI agent technology including A2A protocol, AI agents, guardrails, human-in-the-loop workflows, FM gateways, and Shadow AI concepts
Security assessment
The change adds documentation about AI security features like 'guardrails' which constrain agent behavior and 'Shadow AI' which addresses unauthorized AI usage. While these are security-related concepts, there's no evidence this change fixes a specific vulnerability.
Diff
diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-directory-service-for-microsoft-ad-well-architected-analysis/apg-gloss.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-directory-service-for-microsoft-ad-well-architected-analysis/apg-gloss.md index df86611c5..8f48272aa 100644 --- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-directory-service-for-microsoft-ad-well-architected-analysis/apg-gloss.md +++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-directory-service-for-microsoft-ad-well-architected-analysis/apg-gloss.md @@ -38,0 +39,5 @@ Seven common migration strategies for moving applications to the cloud. These st +A2A (Agent-to-Agent) + + +A stateful protocol for agent-to-agent collaboration supporting task delegation and state transfer. + @@ -63,0 +69,10 @@ A database migration method in which the source and target databases are kept in +Agent + + +An AI system that can autonomously reason, plan, and take actions using tools to achieve goals. + +Agent Ops + + +Operational practices for building, testing, deploying, and running AI agents in production at scale. + @@ -262,0 +278,5 @@ A categorization process that helps generate predictions. ML models for classifi +Citizen Developer + + +A business user who creates AI applications using no-code/low-code platforms without specialized technical skills. + @@ -662,0 +683,5 @@ A large deep-learning neural network that has been training on massive datasets +FM gateway + + +A centralized intermediary that controls and normalizes access to foundation models. Also known as an _LLM gateway_. + @@ -699,0 +725,5 @@ A high-level rule that helps govern resources, policies, and compliance across o +guardrails (AI) + + +Safety mechanisms that filter, validate, and constrain agent inputs and outputs to help ensure responsible and safe AI behavior. + @@ -726,0 +757,5 @@ A portion of historical, labeled data that is withheld from a dataset that is us +human-in-the-loop (HitL) + + +A workflow pattern where agent execution pauses for human review and approval at critical decision points. + @@ -927,0 +963,15 @@ See Migration Acceleration Program. +MCP + + +See Model Context Protocol. + +Model Context Protocol (MCP) + + +A stateless protocol for agent-to-tool communication. + +MCP server + + +A service that exposes one or more tools through the Model Context Protocol. + @@ -1492,0 +1543,5 @@ A model describing the responsibility you share with AWS for cloud security and +Shadow AI + + +Unauthorized AI applications built or used outside of governed channels within an organization. + @@ -1589,0 +1645,5 @@ To provide data for your ML model to learn from. The training data must contain +tool + + +A function or API that an agent can invoke to perform operations in external systems. +