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AWS IAM: Enhanced access planning guidance

Service: IAM · 2026-08-07 · Documentation medium

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started.md · Type: iam

Summary

Added planning for access and least privilege principles

Security assessment

Emphasizes least privilege implementation in onboarding

Evidence

+Then use [Prepare for least-privilege permissions](./getting-started-reduce-permissions.html) to follow the principle of least privilege.

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started.md
index fca04dae9..3720c8402 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/getting-started.md
@@ -21 +21,5 @@ To learn about getting started with AWS, creating an administrative user, an AWS
-For hands-on practice with common IAM tasks such as creating roles for cross-account access and using tags for attribute-based access control, see [IAM tutorials](./tutorials.html).
+For hands-on practice with common IAM tasks, see [IAM tutorials](./tutorials.html). Tasks include creating roles for cross-account access and using tags for attribute-based access control.
+
+After you set up your account, plan how people and workloads access it. For more information, see [Plan access to your AWS account](./gs-identities.html).
+
+Then use [Prepare for least-privilege permissions](./getting-started-reduce-permissions.html) to follow the principle of least privilege.