How to get rid of AWS access keys- Part 1: The easy wins

This blog outlines practical steps to reduce risk from long-lived AWS IAM access keys by identifying and removing unused keys and IAM users, eliminating root access keys, migrating human access to SSO, assigning IAM roles to compute resources, and enforcing prevention with Service Control Policies and IaC guardrails. It emphasizes using AWS credentials reports and CloudTrail to locate keys, encourages short-lived session credentials via roles, and previews a follow-up focused on reducing privileges and alternative authentication approaches.