AWS Security Blog
Tag: AWS IAM
Learn About the Rest of the Security and Compliance Track Sessions Being Offered at re:Invent 2015
Previously, I mentioned that the re:Invent 2015 Security & Compliance track sessions had been announced, and I also discussed the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) sessions that will be offered as part of the Security & Compliance track. Today, I will highlight the remainder of the sessions that will be presented as part of the […]
How to Help Lock Down a User’s Amazon EC2 Capabilities to a Single VPC
As a cloud support engineer, I am frequently asked this question: “How can I lock down my user’s Amazon EC2 access to a single VPC?” This blog post will answer the question and explain how you can help control this level of access through the use of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and […]
Use AWS Services to Adhere to Security Best Practices—Minus the Inordinate Time Investment
As security professionals, it is our job to be sure that our decisions adhere to best practices. Best practices, though, tend to be time consuming, which means we either don’t get around to following best practices, or we spend too much time on tedious, manual tasks. This blog post includes two examples where AWS services […]
How to Delegate Management of Multi-Factor Authentication to AWS IAM Users
Note from September 20, 2017: Based on customer feedback, we have moved the process outlined in this post to the official AWS documentation. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) has a list of best practices that you are encouraged to use. One of those best practices is to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your AWS root […]