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AWS IAM documentation change

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

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_wafv2_GettingStarted_052_section.md

Summary

Updated title to generic web application firewalls terminology and replaced example topics

Security assessment

Terminology change (WAF to web application firewalls) without security impact. No security vulnerabilities addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_wafv2_GettingStarted_052_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_wafv2_GettingStarted_052_section.md
index 8b8009f3c..96b9790ea 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_wafv2_GettingStarted_052_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/sts_example_wafv2_GettingStarted_052_section.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Getting started with WAF
+# Getting started with web application firewalls
@@ -531 +531 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Getting started with IoT Core
+Getting started with search and analytics engines
@@ -533 +533 @@ Getting started with IoT Core
-Moving hardcoded secrets to Secrets Manager
+Moving hardcoded secrets to secure secret storage