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IAM Best Practices

Secure AWS Resources
Root User Security: Secure root user access keys.
Role Delegation: Use roles to delegate permissions.
Least Privilege: Grant least privilege.
Managed Policies: Utilize AWS managed policies.
Policy Validation: Regularly validate policies.
IAM Management
Customer Managed Policies: Prefer customer managed policies over inline policies.
Access Level Review: Use access levels to review IAM permissions.
Strong Password Policy: Configure strong password policy.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Enable MFA.
Application Security
EC2 Instance Roles: Use roles for applications running on EC2 instances.
Access Key Management: Do not share access keys.
Credential Rotation: Regularly rotate credentials.
Credential Cleanup: Remove unnecessary credentials.
Policy Enforcement
Policy Conditions: Utilize policy conditions for extra security.
Activity Monitoring: Monitor activity in AWS account.

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