# Creating custom IAM policy statements to administer Amazon Neptune
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Administrative policy statements let you control what an IAM user can do to manage a Neptune database.

A Neptune administrative policy statement grants access to one or more [administrative actions](neptune-iam-admin-actions.md) and [administrative resources](iam-admin-resources.md) that Neptune supports. You can also use [Condition Keys](iam-admin-condition-keys.md) to make the administrative permissions more specific.

**Note**  
Because Neptune shares functionality with Amazon RDS, administrative actions, resources, and service-specific condition keys in administrative policy statements use an `rds:` prefix by design.

**Topics**
+ [IAM actions for administering Amazon Neptune](neptune-iam-admin-actions.md)
+ [IAM resource types for administering Amazon Neptune](iam-admin-resources.md)
+ [IAM condition keys for administering Amazon Neptune](iam-admin-condition-keys.md)
+ [Creating IAM administrative policy statements for Amazon Neptune](iam-admin-policy-examples.md)