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SCPs sit above every account in the organisation. What are they actually for, and where do teams get burned?

Service control policies cap what anyone in a member account can do, no matter what their IAM admins wrote. The craft is choosing a handful of denials that age well.

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Service control policies cap what anyone in a member account can do, no matter what their IAM admins wrote. The craft is choosing a handful of denials that age well.

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