This guide documents the classic version of the AWS Wickr administration console, released before March 13, 2025. For documentation on the new AWS Wickr administration console, see [ Administration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wickr/latest/adminguide/what-is-wickr.html).

# Identity and access management for AWS Wickr
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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 Wickr resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use with no additional charge.

**Topics**
+ [Audience for AWS Wickr](security_iam_audience.md)
+ [Authenticating with identities for AWS Wickr](security_iam_authentication.md)
+ [Managing access using policies for AWS Wickr](security_iam_access-manage.md)
+ [AWS managed policies for AWS Wickr](security-iam-awsmanpol.md)
+ [How AWS Wickr works with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam.md)
+ [Identity-based policy examples for AWS Wickr](security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.md)
+ [Troubleshooting AWS Wickr identity and access](security_iam_troubleshoot.md)







## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Wickr. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query wickr` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).