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AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change

Service: prescriptive-guidance · 2026-07-10 · Documentation low

File: prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/m2m-identity-management.md

Summary

Updated image paths and changed heading formatting from markdown H6 to bold text

Security assessment

Changes are cosmetic (image paths and heading styles) without modifying security recommendations. Machine identity management content remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/m2m-identity-management.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/m2m-identity-management.md
index 35261fa2d..806cb538f 100644
--- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/m2m-identity-management.md
+++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/m2m-identity-management.md
@@ -22 +22 @@ The following diagram illustrates this scenario.
-![Using EC2 instance profiles for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/ec2-instance-profile.png)
+![Using EC2 instance profiles for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/guide-img/1bf8562a-50f2-4dfa-9a24-c4edfe7b936c/images/bbc5f256-2826-4039-86dc-9d7a1c9b4a24.png)
@@ -50 +50 @@ To learn more about using temporary credentials with AWS resources, see [Use tem
-###### Design considerations
+**Design considerations**
@@ -85 +85 @@ The following diagram illustrates this method.
-![Using Amazon Cognito client credentials for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/cognito-client-credentials.png)
+![Using Amazon Cognito client credentials for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/guide-img/1bf8562a-50f2-4dfa-9a24-c4edfe7b936c/images/3e2fab9c-a4f0-41e6-a33c-a7233d111178.png)
@@ -117 +117 @@ The following diagram illustrates this method.
-###### Design considerations
+**Design considerations:**
@@ -154 +154 @@ The following diagram shows the mTLS authentication flow for an application that
-![mTLS authentication for an application that's running on an EC2 instance.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/mtls-authentication.png)
+![mTLS authentication for an application that's running on an EC2 instance.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/guide-img/1bf8562a-50f2-4dfa-9a24-c4edfe7b936c/images/7476db30-4b98-493f-a41e-6debc8bb5226.png)
@@ -186 +186 @@ The following diagram shows the mTLS authentication flow for an application that
-###### Design considerations
+**Design considerations:**
@@ -225 +225 @@ The following diagram shows how you can use IAM Roles Anywhere to connect AWS wi
-![Using IAM Roles Anywhere for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/iam-roles-anywhere.png)
+![Using IAM Roles Anywhere for machine-to-machine identity management.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/guide-img/1bf8562a-50f2-4dfa-9a24-c4edfe7b936c/images/b6cb04c1-e955-49d5-9d09-84c3317d4fda.png)
@@ -253 +253 @@ The following diagram shows how you can use IAM Roles Anywhere to connect AWS wi
-###### Design considerations
+**Design considerations:**
@@ -278 +278 @@ The following diagram shows an example of a VPC Lattice service network, which c
-![VPC Lattice service network with multiple services.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/mtm-identity-management-lattice.png)
+![VPC Lattice service network with multiple services.](/images/prescriptive-guidance/latest/security-reference-architecture-identity-management/images/guide-img/1bf8562a-50f2-4dfa-9a24-c4edfe7b936c/images/0d01567b-4cb7-432f-82c3-6781569492d0.png)
@@ -310 +310 @@ After services are associated with the service network, they can begin interacti
-###### Design considerations
+**Design considerations:**