From 29a70c048a75a914bdd117efd1daf4009fc62119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Finnigan Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:11:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update iam references --- docs/source/guide/security.rst | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/guide/security.rst b/docs/source/guide/security.rst index 2e22279831..f8ceacc974 100644 --- a/docs/source/guide/security.rst +++ b/docs/source/guide/security.rst @@ -60,17 +60,13 @@ Identity and access management ------------------------------ AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an AWS service that helps an administrator securely control access to AWS resources. -IAM administrators control who can be *authenticated* (signed in) and *authorized* (have permissions) to use AWS resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use with no additional charge. +IAM administrators control who can be *authenticated* (signed in) and *authorized* (have permissions) to use AWS resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use at no additional charge. +For details about working with IAM, see `AWS Identity and Access Management `_. We also strongly recommend reviewing the `Security best practices in IAM `_. -To use Boto3 to access AWS, you need an AWS account and AWS credentials. To increase the security of your -AWS account, we recommend that you use an *IAM user* to provide access credentials instead of using your AWS -account credentials. -For details about working with IAM, see `IAM `_. - -For an overview of IAM users and why they are important for the security of your account, -see `AWS Security Credentials `_ -in the `Amazon Web Services General Reference `_. +To use Boto3 to access AWS, you need an AWS account and AWS credentials. For more information on credentials +see `AWS security credentials `_ +in the `AWS General Reference `_. .. _compliance_validation_intro: