AWS signin medium security documentation change
Summary
Removed specific guidance about safeguarding root user credentials and accessing via email/password.
Security assessment
The change deletes the explicit recommendation to 'safeguard your root user credentials,' which is a security best practice. Removing this guidance could weaken awareness of root account protection, increasing the risk of credential compromise.
Diff
diff --git a/signin/latest/userguide/user-types-list.md b/signin/latest/userguide/user-types-list.md index 2a3d50553..73c1bd22b 100644 --- a//signin/latest/userguide/user-types-list.md +++ b//signin/latest/userguide/user-types-list.md @@ -32 +32 @@ Also referred to as the account owner or account root user. As the root user, yo -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_.