AWS Monitron documentation change
Summary
Condensed root user guidance, maintaining the recommendation against everyday use.
Security assessment
Simplifies existing security advice without introducing new security-related content or addressing specific vulnerabilities.
Diff
diff --git a/Monitron/latest/user-guide/security_iam_authentication-rootuser.md b/Monitron/latest/user-guide/security_iam_authentication-rootuser.md index a2a309444..46d71daff 100644 --- a//Monitron/latest/user-guide/security_iam_authentication-rootuser.md +++ b//Monitron/latest/user-guide/security_iam_authentication-rootuser.md @@ -9 +9 @@ Amazon Monitron is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can conti -When you create an AWS account, you begin with one sign-in identity that has complete access to all AWS services and resources in the account. This identity is called the AWS account _root user_ and is accessed by signing in with the email address and password that you used to create the account. We strongly recommend that you don't use the root user for your everyday tasks. Safeguard your root user credentials and use them to perform the tasks that only the root user can perform. For the complete list of tasks that require you to sign in as the root user, see [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#root-user-tasks) in the _IAM User Guide_. +When you create an AWS account, you begin with one sign-in identity called the AWS account _root user_ that has complete access to all AWS services and resources. We strongly recommend that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks. For tasks that require root user credentials, see [Tasks that require root user credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html#root-user-tasks) in the _IAM User Guide_.