Secure IAM Users - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Secure IAM Users

After you've signed up for an Amazon Web Services account, protect your administrative user by enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

To allow other users to access your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To protect IAM users, enable MFA and grant IAM users only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks.

For more information on creating and protecting IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide: