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AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2026-06-16 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_secrets_manager_GettingStarted_073_section.md

Summary

Replaced Secrets Manager reference with generic secret storage terminology

Security assessment

Generalized secret management language without adding new security content. No vulnerability fixes or security improvements documented.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_secrets_manager_GettingStarted_073_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_secrets_manager_GettingStarted_073_section.md
index 44ee5c12c..8a68432a6 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_secrets_manager_GettingStarted_073_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_secrets_manager_GettingStarted_073_section.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager
+# Moving hardcoded secrets to secure secret storage
@@ -373 +373 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Getting started with WAF
+Getting started with web application firewalls
@@ -375 +375 @@ Getting started with WAF
-Run CPU stress tests on EC2 instances using FIS
+Run CPU stress tests on virtual machine instances using fault injection