After Jun 1, 2021, the following changes are introduced to S3Guard in CDW service on CDP Public Cloud[1]:
S3 Guard disabled for custom Database Catalogs and default Database Catalogs on AWS environments
During new AWS environment activation in CDW:
If you have not specified a DynamoDB table nameduring environment registration in Management Console, the S3 Guard feature is disabled for all Database Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses.
If you have specified a DynamoDB table nameduring environment registration in Management Console, the S3 Guard feature is enabled for default Database Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses. However, it is disabled for non-default (custom) Database Catalogs.
For all environments that were activated before the June 1, 2021 release, S3 Guard is enabled.