What is the AWS Principle of Least Privilege and how should it be applied in IAM?

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What is the AWS Principle of Least Privilege and how should it be applied in IAM?

Key points

  • Granting the fewest number of IAM policies possible is not the same as granting minimum permissions.
  • Applying a single shared IAM policy to all users can lead to unnecessary access.
  • Restricting all AWS service access to the root account user is overly restrictive.

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