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AWS config: Update AWS Region availability list for RDS cluster encryption-at-rest rule

Service: config · 2026-10-30 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/rds-cluster-encrypted-at-rest.md

Summary

Removed Asia Pacific (New Zealand) and Asia Pacific (Thailand) from the unsupported regions list for the RDS encryption-at-rest Config rule.

Security assessment

Only the region list changed; the encryption rule's description and security intent are unchanged.

Evidence

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Canada West (Calgary) Region

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/rds-cluster-encrypted-at-rest.md b/config/latest/developerguide/rds-cluster-encrypted-at-rest.md
index 1f4976c..95d2679 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/rds-cluster-encrypted-at-rest.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/rds-cluster-encrypted-at-rest.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ Checks if an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) cluster is encrypte
-**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Canada West (Calgary) Region
+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Canada West (Calgary) Region