IAM misconfigurations

Unused IAM Group

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD)
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  • CCPA
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  • cis_8
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  • CPRA
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  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices
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  • GDPR
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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  • mpa
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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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  • Orca Best Practices
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  • PDPA
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

Removing orphaned and unused IAM groups eliminates the risk that a forgotten group will be used accidentally to allow unauthorized users to access AWS resources