Managing a single AWS account can become complex and difficult to manage as an organization grows. AWS provides an organizational structure that can help with this by allowing you to create multiple AWS accounts and joining them together using AWS Organizations. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of splitting AWS accounts and how you can do it using AWS Organizations.
Why Split AWS Accounts?
Splitting AWS accounts into different life cycles provides many benefits, including:
1. Cost management: By splitting accounts, you can isolate resources and workloads, enabling you to allocate costs more accurately. You can set separate budgets and alerts for each account, making it easier to manage expenses.
2. Security: Isolating resources and workloads to separate accounts can reduce the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data. You can apply different security policies, permissions, and access controls for each account.
3. Compliance: Certain regulatory requirements may dictate the separation of resources or data. Splitting accounts can help you meet compliance requirements more easily.
4. Scaling: Separate accounts allow you to scale different parts of your infrastructure independently. You can allocate resources and…
