© Miguel A. Calles 2020
M. A. CallesServerless Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6100-2_7

7. Account Management

Miguel A. Calles1 
(1)
La Habra, CA, USA
 

In this chapter, we will discuss how we might manage our account to reduce risk and improve security. The provider account allows us to access multiple services and create numerous resources. We will learn how we might use various accounts to organize the resources we create and how to secure our account by implementing standard practices.

The Importance of Account Management

Each provider account has a main/central/master/root account that gives us access to the provider’s services. With this account, we can use services to build the applications we need for our businesses. When we use these ...

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