Best practices

IAM Access Analyzer Is Not Enabled

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • AWS CIS
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  • Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD)
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  • CCPA
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  • CPRA
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  • GDPR
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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  • New Zealand Information Security Manual
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  • NIST 800-171
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • PDPA
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

Enable IAM Access analyzer for IAM policies about all resources. IAM Access Analyzer is a technology introduced at AWS reinvent 2019. After the Analyzer is enabled in IAM, scan results are displayed on the console showing the accessible resources. Scans show resources that other accounts and federated users can access, such as KMS keys and IAM roles. So the results allow you to determine if an unintended user is allowed, making it easier for administrators to monitor least privileges access.