AWS organizations documentation change

Service: organizations · 2025-03-23 · Documentation low

File: organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.md

Summary

Added security guidance to use IAM users instead of root account and updated console URL to v2 endpoint

Security assessment

Promotes security best practices by discouraging root user usage and linking to IAM credentials guidance, but does not address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.md b/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.md
index 08eb301da..0f8b9923d 100644
--- a/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.md
+++ b/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_close.md
@@ -28 +28 @@ AWS Management Console
-  1. Sign in to the [AWS Organizations console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/organizations).
+  1. Sign in to the [AWS Organizations console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/organizations/v2). You must sign in as an IAM user, or sign in as the root user ([not recommended](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#lock-away-credentials)) in the organization’s management account.