Authentication

Root User with Access Keys

Risk Level

Informational (4)

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks

Description

The root user account is the most privileged user in an AWS account. AWS Access Keys provide programmatic access to a given AWS account. It is recommended that all access keys associated with the root user account be removed.

  • Recommended Mitigation

    Remove any access keys from the root account

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