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securing-aws-iam-permissions

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'Hardens AWS IAM configurations to enforce least-privilege access, covering

When to use

• When onboarding new AWS accounts or workloads that require scoped IAM policies
• When IAM Access Analyzer reports overly permissive policies or unused permissions
• When preparing for a compliance audit requiring least privilege evidence (SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
• When migrating from long-lived access keys to short-lived role-based credentials
• When remediating findings from AWS Security Hub related to IAM misconfigurations

When not to use

• Azure AD configurations
• Google Cloud IAM configurations
• application-level authorization logic
• federated identity provider setup

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