About policies in Cloud Account Management
Cloud Account Management provides policy-driven rules to automate account provisioning, approvals, and security. These policies improve governance, control costs, enhance security, and promote sustainability in cloud operations. Regular reviews promote consistency and efficiency in managing cloud infrastructure.
Cloud Account Management provides policies that you can use for the following purposes:
- Suspending or reactivating AWS accounts. For more details, see Set up suspension of an AWS account using service control policy.
- Auditing accounts and promoting compliance with security and governance standards. For more details, see Review default Cloud Account Management certification policy.
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Automating general approval, budget approval, and configuration assignments through the request policies listed in the following table.
Tabela 1. Cloud Account Management request policies Request policy For more information Subscription Account Creation General Approval Automate General Approval policy process Subscription Account Creation Budget Approval Automate Budget Approval policy process Subscription Account Creation Configuration Assignment Automate Configuration Assignment policy process
Benefits of Cloud Account Management request policies
- Improved governance: Promotes consistent policies across all cloud accounts.
- Cost savings: Helps prevent overspending by managing accounts efficiently.
- Enhanced security: Includes security controls as part of performance and availability.
You can automate the account approval process, budget approval process, and configuration assignment process. To help promote consistency with the cloud subscription account creation process, regularly review and update your policies. For more information, see Review request policies.