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    Playbooks1

    IAM Privilege Escalation

    Unauthorized elevation of IAM permissions

    CRITICAL · 20-40 min
    Weekly News1

    Week 21 - May 18-24, 2026

    Security Hub learns to find identity risk that no one is using: unused IAM permissions, roles, and credentials, measured against 90 days of real activity. The Extended plan grows to 21 partners across 9 categories. Secrets Manager Agent picks up pre-fetching and cross-account role assumption, and Amazon Inspector Classic reaches end of support.

    2026-05-18 - 2026-05-24
    Best Practices1

    AWS IAM Security Best Practices

    Comprehensive guide to securing AWS Identity and Access Management. Covers MFA enforcement, least privilege, IAM Identity Center, SCPs, Access Analyzer, and credential management.

    18 min read

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    IAM10Compliance19Identity & Security15Secrets Manager11Security Hub9MFA5Inspector4Credential Management3SCPs2privilege-escalation1policy-modification1role-assumption1

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