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by ali_piccioni 798 days ago
Long lived credentials are a security red flag.

We setup our AWS organization’s policies (SCPs) to prohibit long-lived tokens. Instead access goes through SSO or OIDC.

It’s difficult to track usage behind access tokens, prevent leaks, and effectively revoke them.

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Yup. TTL (leases) must become the norm for All The Things.