# Update security profiles in Amazon Connect
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You can update a security profile at any time to add or remove permissions.

## Required permissions to update security profiles
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Before you can update permissions in a security profile, you must be logged in with an Amazon Connect account that has the following permissions: **Security profiles - Edit**. 

![\[The users and permissions section of the security profiles page.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/security-profile-edit.png)


By default, the Amazon Connect **Admin** security profile has these permissions.

## How to update security profiles
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1. Log in to the Amazon Connect admin website at https://*instance name*.my.connect.aws/. You must be logged in with an Amazon Connect account that has permissions to update security profiles.

1. Choose **Users**, **Security profiles**.

1. Select the name of the profile.

1. Update the name, description, permissions, access control, and resource tags as needed.

1. Choose **Save**.

**Note**  
Modifying the access control or resource tags on a security profile may impact the features or resources that a user with this security profile can access.