# A deep dive into Temporal's access control strategy in AWS

DevFeed: [A deep dive into Temporal's access control strategy in AWS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-deep-dive-into-temporal-s-access-control-strategy-in-aws-35765.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/deep-dive-temporal-access-control-strategy-aws>)

Author: Brandon Sherman

Published: 2022-06-06T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/breach.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [deep-dive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-dive.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [isolation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/isolation.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [policies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policies.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>)

## AI overview

Temporal describes its strategy for securing its AWS cloud environment by segmenting accounts into rings to limit blast radius and strengthen isolation. The article also discusses implementing the approach with AWS service control policies and the role of IAM.

## Source excerpt

This blog post gives some insight into Temporal's strategy for securing our cloud environment. It also calls attention to an unexpected facet of AWS access policies encountered along the way.