Account alternate contact is not configured Affecting Account Management service in AWS
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Description
Ensure that at least one alternate contact is configured for your AWS account, so if AWS observes suspicious or prohibited behavior and the primary account contact cannot be reached, someone else is available. Ideally, email contact details should point to an alias that forwards to more than one individual.
How to fix?
Define at least one aws_account_alternate_contact in your account.
Example Configuration
resource "aws_account_alternate_contact" "operations" {
alternate_contact_type = "OPERATIONS"
name = "Example"
title = "Example"
email_address = "test@example.com"
phone_number = "+1234567890"
}