SUNSHINE THROUGH STORMY CLOUDS: BRINGING AWS SECURITY TO MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

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This post describes how to effectively manage AWS security during mergers and acquisitions through a detailed six-step, 90-day process. Success requires careful onboarding of AWS accounts into the parent organization's security tools and monitoring systems while prioritizing the remediation of critical security risks like permissive IAM policies and public-facing resources over lower-severity issues. It is important to build trust with the acquired team while maintaining security momentum through the transition period, ultimately working toward full integration into the parent organization's infrastructure-as-code practices and security controls.