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AWS comprehend high security documentation change

Service: comprehend · 2026-07-10 · Security-related high

File: comprehend/latest/dg/vpc-interface-endpoints.md

Summary

Added documentation for FIPS endpoints and regional availability

Security assessment

Documents FIPS-compliant endpoints which meet federal security standards for cryptographic modules. Explicitly adds security feature documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/comprehend/latest/dg/vpc-interface-endpoints.md b/comprehend/latest/dg/vpc-interface-endpoints.md
index a328408a0..ec734a4c1 100644
--- a//comprehend/latest/dg/vpc-interface-endpoints.md
+++ b//comprehend/latest/dg/vpc-interface-endpoints.md
@@ -26,0 +27,6 @@ Amazon Comprehend endpoints are not available in all availability zones in a reg
+For FIPS endpoints:
+    
+    
+    aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-services \
+      --service-names com.amazonaws.us-west-2.comprehend-fips 
+
@@ -36,0 +43,4 @@ Create a VPC endpoint for Amazon Comprehend using the following service name:
+  * com.amazonaws.`region`.comprehend-fips
+
+
+
@@ -37,0 +48 @@ Create a VPC endpoint for Amazon Comprehend using the following service name:
+If you enable private DNS for the endpoint, you can make API requests to Amazon Comprehend using its default DNS name for the Region, for example, `_comprehend.us-east-1.amazonaws.com_`, or `_comprehend-fips.us-east-1.amazonaws.com_` for FIPS. 
@@ -38,0 +50 @@ Create a VPC endpoint for Amazon Comprehend using the following service name:
+###### Note
@@ -40 +52 @@ Create a VPC endpoint for Amazon Comprehend using the following service name:
-If you enable private DNS for the endpoint, you can make API requests to Amazon Comprehend using its default DNS name for the Region, for example, `_comprehend.us-east-1.amazonaws.com_`. 
+The FIPS endpoint service (`comprehend-fips`) is available in us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2, ca-central-1, us-gov-west-1, and us-iso-east-1.