So You Inherited an AWS Account

Matt Fuller
The Startup
Published in
16 min readApr 28, 2020

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Many engineers have found themselves in the unenviable position of being handed the keys to an AWS environment with absolutely no explanation of its contents, documentation, or training. Whether an employee leaves the company, teams are restructured, or your company acquires another, you will need to quickly audit the account and get up to speed on its operation. Even worse, many of these inherited accounts are running production…

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Matt Fuller
The Startup

Founder of @CloudSploit , acquired by @AquaSecTeam . Former Infra / Security / Manager @Adobe , @Aviary & @Mozilla intern, @RITtigers grad, @NYC resident