From 7323ba5ec1699c99e4facb8a4170c69670fd6c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: achatterjee-grafana
 <70489351+achatterjee-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 12:01:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added new section "Support for AES-GCM encryption algorithm".
 (#37556)

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 docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v8-1.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v8-1.md b/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v8-1.md
index 7a9aa8b28c9..bf8c309243f 100644
--- a/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v8-1.md
+++ b/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v8-1.md
@@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ To find out how you can configure it along with other Grafana UI elements, like
 ### Oauth2 - Team Sync to Group Mapping 
 
 With Team Sync you can map your Generic OAuth groups to teams in Grafana so that the users are automatically added to the correct teams.
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+### Support for AES-GCM encryption algorithm
+
+Added support for AES-GCM cipher mode, preferred by some security standards and teams. By default, Grafana uses the AES-CFB cipher mode to encrypt data source credentials and usernames in Grafana’s database. 
+