[v9.5.x] CloudWatch Logs: Document logs data protection (#66322)

CloudWatch Logs: Document logs data protection (#65967)

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The CloudWatch plugin enables you to monitor and troubleshoot applications across multiple regional accounts. Using cross-account observability, you can seamlessly search, visualize and analyze metrics and logs without worrying about account boundaries.
To use this feature, configure in the [AWS console under Cloudwatch Settings](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-cloudwatch-cross-account-observability/), a monitoring and source account, and then add the necessary IAM permissions as described above.
## CloudWatch Logs data protection
CloudWatch Logs can safeguard data by using log group data protection policies. If you have data protection enabled for a log group, then any sensitive data that matches the data identifiers you've selected will be masked. In order to view masked data you will need to have the `logs:Unmask` IAM permission enabled. See the AWS documentation on how to [help protect sensitive log data with masking](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/mask-sensitive-log-data.html) to learn more about this.