AWS wickr documentation change
Summary
Condensed explanation of attribute-based access control (ABAC) and removed commentary about its benefits in growing environments
Security assessment
The change streamlines documentation about ABAC and tagging without introducing new security features or addressing vulnerabilities. It focuses on core functionality without security implications.
Diff
diff --git a/wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-tags.md b/wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-tags.md index e4075d49e..222a03fb0 100644 --- a//wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-tags.md +++ b//wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-tags.md @@ -11,3 +11 @@ This guide documents the new AWS Wickr administration console, released on March -Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is an authorization strategy that defines permissions based on attributes. In AWS, these attributes are called _tags_. You can attach tags to IAM entities (users or roles) and to many AWS resources. Tagging entities and resources is the first step of ABAC. Then you design ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the tag on the resource that they are trying to access. - -ABAC is helpful in environments that are growing rapidly and helps with situations where policy management becomes cumbersome. +Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is an authorization strategy that defines permissions based on attributes called tags. You can attach tags to IAM entities and AWS resources, then design ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the tag on the resource.