# Strongly recommended controls
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Strongly recommended controls are owned by AWS Control Tower. They are based on best practices for well-architected multi-account environments. These controls are not enabled by default, and they can be deactivated through the AWS Control Tower console or the control APIs. Following, you'll find a reference for each of the strongly recommended controls available in AWS Control Tower.

**Topics**
+ [Strongly recommended controls with preventive behavior](strongly-recommended-preventive-controls.md)
+ [Strongly recommended controls with detective behavior](strongly-recommended-detective-controls.md)