AWS IAM medium security documentation change

Service: IAM · 2026-06-16 · Security-related medium

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam-policies.AWSMettleDocs.latest.userguide.managed-policies.xml.10_section.md

Summary

Changed title from 'Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager' to 'Moving hardcoded secrets to secure secret storage'.

Security assessment

Update emphasizes secure secret storage practices. While not fixing a specific vulnerability, it promotes security best practices for credential management which mitigates credential exposure risks.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam-policies.AWSMettleDocs.latest.userguide.managed-policies.xml.10_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam-policies.AWSMettleDocs.latest.userguide.managed-policies.xml.10_section.md
index f15d9c44c..5e312ca64 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam-policies.AWSMettleDocs.latest.userguide.managed-policies.xml.10_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam-policies.AWSMettleDocs.latest.userguide.managed-policies.xml.10_section.md
@@ -40 +40 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager
+Moving hardcoded secrets to secure secret storage