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AWS transcribe: Added KMS encryption note for custom vocabulary (list)

Service: transcribe · 2026-09-27 · Documentation medium

File: transcribe/latest/dg/custom-vocabulary-create-list.md · Type: encryption

Summary

Added a note describing how to encrypt custom vocabulary artifacts at rest with a customer-managed KMS key via EncryptionConfiguration in CreateVocabulary.

Security assessment

Documents encryption-at-rest of vocabulary artifacts with customer-managed KMS keys, a security best practice; no specific vulnerability is cited.

Evidence

+To encrypt your custom vocabulary artifacts at rest with a customer-managed KMS key, include an `EncryptionConfiguration` in your [`CreateVocabulary`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/API_CreateVocabulary.html) request. For more information about encrypting resource artifacts with a customer-managed key, see [Encrypting resource artifacts with a customer-managed key](./data-encryption.html#kms-resource-encryption).

Diff

diff --git a/transcribe/latest/dg/custom-vocabulary-create-list.md b/transcribe/latest/dg/custom-vocabulary-create-list.md
index 322ab4d27..5aef84182 100644
--- a//transcribe/latest/dg/custom-vocabulary-create-list.md
+++ b//transcribe/latest/dg/custom-vocabulary-create-list.md
@@ -113,0 +114,4 @@ If you create a new Amazon S3 bucket for your custom vocabulary files, make sure
+###### Note
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+To encrypt your custom vocabulary artifacts at rest with a customer-managed KMS key, include an `EncryptionConfiguration` in your [`CreateVocabulary`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/API_CreateVocabulary.html) request. For more information about encrypting resource artifacts with a customer-managed key, see [Encrypting resource artifacts with a customer-managed key](./data-encryption.html#kms-resource-encryption).
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