AWS data-exchange documentation change
Summary
Simplified root user guidance by removing redundant warnings about credential safeguarding while maintaining recommendation to avoid everyday use
Security assessment
The change removes explicit instructions to safeguard root credentials but retains the core security recommendation against routine root user usage. While related to security best practices, there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability.
Diff
diff --git a/data-exchange/latest/userguide/auth-access.md b/data-exchange/latest/userguide/auth-access.md index 572f1eee3..91e0932c2 100644 --- a//data-exchange/latest/userguide/auth-access.md +++ b//data-exchange/latest/userguide/auth-access.md @@ -30 +30 @@ You can access AWS with any of the following types of identities: - * **AWS account root user** – 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_. + * **AWS account root user** – 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_.