# Simplify and Secure AWS Access to Accelerate Outcomes: 3 Best Practices

DevFeed: [Simplify and Secure AWS Access to Accelerate Outcomes: 3 Best Practices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/simplify-and-secure-aws-access-to-accelerate-outcomes-3-best-practices-29941.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/three-best-practices-secure-and-simplify-aws-access/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Jack Pitts)

Published: 2024-12-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clusters.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ec2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ec2.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [visibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visibility.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents three best practices for simplifying and securing AWS access as cloud infrastructure grows. It focuses on infrastructure sprawl, granular access controls, and improved access visibility, while describing effects on engineering productivity, management overhead, misconfiguration risk, and compliance.

## Source excerpt

Discover three best practices to simplify and secure AWS access: addressing infrastructure sprawl, adding granular controls, and improving access visibility.