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AWS Certified Security – Specialty SCS-C03 · Domain 4: Identity and Access Management

Writing least-privilege policies: condition keys, attribute-based access control with tags, and policy variables

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Least privilege means each identity has only the permissions it needs, for only the resources it needs, under only the conditions it needs. IAM gives you three levers: specific actions, specific resource ARNs, and conditions.

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