Just say no: Build defense in depth with IAM Deny and Org Policies

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In today's cloud landscape, safeguarding your cloud environment requires bolstering your Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach with more than allow policies and the principle of least privilege. To bolster your defenses, we offer a powerful tool: IAM Deny Policies. Relying only on IAM Allow policies leaves room for potential over-permissioning, and can make it challenging for security teams to consistently enforce permission-level restrictions at scale. This is where IAM Deny comes in. IAM Deny provides a vital, scalable layer of security that allows you to explicitly define which actions principals can not take, regardless of the roles they have [...]