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AWS controltower: Fix links to IAM and CloudTrail documentation

Service: controltower · 2026-08-19 · Documentation low

File: controltower/latest/userguide/best-practices.md

Summary

Corrected URLs for IAM policy simulator and CloudTrail user guide references.

Security assessment

Link corrections for existing security tools documentation; no new security guidance added.

Evidence

-  * **IAM policy simulator** – With the IAM policy simulator, you can test and troubleshoot IAM-based and resource-based policies. For more information, see [Testing IAM Policies with the IAM Policy Simulator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_testing-policies.html).

Diff

diff --git a/controltower/latest/userguide/best-practices.md b/controltower/latest/userguide/best-practices.md
index 9d7a5af82..761393fd8 100644
--- a//controltower/latest/userguide/best-practices.md
+++ b//controltower/latest/userguide/best-practices.md
@@ -36 +36 @@ AWS offers tools to identify the scope of a user's AWS resource access. After yo
-  * **IAM policy simulator** – With the IAM policy simulator, you can test and troubleshoot IAM-based and resource-based policies. For more information, see [Testing IAM Policies with the IAM Policy Simulator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_testing-policies.html).
+  * **IAM policy simulator** – With the IAM policy simulator, you can test and troubleshoot IAM-based and resource-based policies. For more information, see [Testing IAM Policies with the IAM Policy Simulator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_testing-policies.html).
@@ -38 +38 @@ AWS offers tools to identify the scope of a user's AWS resource access. After yo
-  * **AWS CloudTrail logs** – You can review AWS CloudTrail logs to see actions taken by a user, role, or AWS service. For more information about CloudTrail, see the [AWS CloudTrail User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-user-guide.html).
+  * **AWS CloudTrail logs** – You can review AWS CloudTrail logs to see actions taken by a user, role, or AWS service. For more information about CloudTrail, see the [AWS CloudTrail User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-user-guide.html).
@@ -72 +72 @@ This procedure assumes you've already created at least one child OU within your
-For detailed information about the controls and their functions, see [About controls in AWS Control Tower](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/userguide/controls.html).
+For detailed information about the controls and their functions, see [About controls in AWS Control Tower](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/controltower/latest/userguide/controls.html).