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SEC01-BP02 Secure AWS account - AWS Well-Architected Framework (2022-03-31)

SEC01-BP02 Secure AWS account

There are a number of aspects to securing your AWS accounts, including the securing of, and not using the root user, and keeping your contact information up-to-date. You can use AWS Organizations to centrally manage and govern your accounts as you grow and scale your workloads in AWS. AWS Organizations helps you manage accounts, set controls, and configure services across your accounts.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: High

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