IAM provides secure access control in your AWS environment to interact with AWS resources in a controlled manner:
- Delete your root access keys: A root account is one that has unrestricted access to all AWS resources in your account. It is recommended that you delete access keys, access key IDs, and the secret access key for the root account so that they cannot be misused. Instead, create a user with the desired permissions and carry on tasks with this user.
- Enforce MFA: Add an additional layer of security by enforcing MFA for all privileged users having access to critical or sensitive resources and APIs having a high blast radius.
- Use roles instead of users: Roles are managed by AWS; they are preferred over IAM users, as credentials for roles are managed by AWS. These credentials are rotated multiple times in a day and not stored locally on your AWS...
