AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change
Summary
Updated wording for clarity and precision in describing IaC and EDP benefits. Changes include rephrasing sentences, modifying bullet points about version control reverts and resource state representation, and changing 'Objectives' heading to 'Targeted business outcomes'.
Security assessment
The changes are editorial improvements focusing on clarity and terminology refinement. While the IaC section mentions security posture and permissions, these are existing concepts being reworded (e.g., changing 'administrator permissions' to 'environment permissions'). No specific vulnerability, weakness, or security incident is addressed. The modifications don't introduce new security features or vulnerability mitigations.
Diff
diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/iac-edp-combo-approach/benefits.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/iac-edp-combo-approach/benefits.md index 0227bed0e..ba8fb419c 100644 --- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/iac-edp-combo-approach/benefits.md +++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/iac-edp-combo-approach/benefits.md @@ -11 +11 @@ IaC benefitsEDP benefits -This section covers some of the benefits of using IaC and EDP to solve common problems with managing or provisioning IT infrastructure resources. +This section covers some of the main benefits of using IaC and EDP to solve common problems with managing or provisioning IT infrastructure resources. @@ -15 +15 @@ This section covers some of the benefits of using IaC and EDP to solve common pr -IaC can help you represent and preserve the state of IT infrastructure resources through version control. This approach solves multiple problems, but the two most important problems are the following: +The key benefit of an IaC approach is that it can help you represent and preserve the state of IT infrastructure resources by using version control. This approach can solve multiple problems, but the two most important problems include the following: @@ -17 +17 @@ IaC can help you represent and preserve the state of IT infrastructure resources - * **Ability to revert to a previous configuration or state if a resource fails –** Typically, resources and their configurations are backed up and restored without IaC, but IaC can use a version control system to help you revert (or roll back) one or more versions from a backup timeline. You can also tag deployments so that versions that are unsuccessful due to configuration values can be identified and eventually discarded. + * **Ability to revert back to a previous configuration or state if a resource fails without worrying about the resource's values** – Typically, resources and their configurations are backed up and restored without IaC, but IaC can use a version control system to help you revert back (or roll back) to one or more versions of a backup in the backup timeline. You can also tag deployments so that versions that are unsuccessful due to configuration values could be marked and eventually discarded. @@ -19 +19 @@ IaC can help you represent and preserve the state of IT infrastructure resources - * **An accurate representation of resource state –** If a resource is successfully created, updated, or involved in a rollback, the template's resources will match the actual resources. This means that you can scan and query the repository to understand a resource's state. Additionally, an IaC approach doesn't require developers to have administrator permissions (for example, in a production environment). If you have an accurate representations of resource states, you can better ensure a tight security posture. + * **An accurate representation of a resource's state** – If a resource is successfully created or updated or a rollback is completed, then the template file will have the resource properties matching the actual resource. This means that you can scan and query the repository so that you can understand the state of the resource. Additionally, an IaC approach doesn't require developers to have environment permissions (for example, in a production environment). Finally, you can better ensure a tight security posture for your organization if you have an accurate representation of a resource's state. @@ -26 +26 @@ IaC can help you represent and preserve the state of IT infrastructure resources -EDP can help you plan for and solve issues that arise from future events without the need for an engineer (that is, human effort). Instead, you can use event-driven code to respond to potential issues. EDP also offers the following benefits: +The key benefit of EDP is that it can help you plan for and solve issues that arise from specified future events without the need for an engineer (that is, human effort). Instead, you can use event-driven code to respond to potential issues. EDP also offers the following additional benefits: @@ -28 +28 @@ EDP can help you plan for and solve issues that arise from future events without - * **Reduced deployment time –** An EDP approach reduces the time it takes to deploy changes because code is invoked immediately after an event. + * **Reduced deployment time** – An EDP approach reduces the time it takes to make deployment changes because code is invoked immediately after the event. @@ -30 +30 @@ EDP can help you plan for and solve issues that arise from future events without - * **Scalable resources –** An EDP approach helps you automatically scale modified resources, which would otherwise be done manually. + * **Scalable resources** – You can use an EDP approach to scale resources that must be modified, which could take much longer to modify manually. @@ -41 +41 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please -Objectives +Targeted business outcomes