Control: AWS > CIS v1 > 1 Identity and Access Management > 1.16 Ensure IAM policies are attached only to groups or roles (Scored)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

By default, IAM users, groups, and roles have no access to AWS resources. IAM policies are the means by which privileges are granted to users, groups, or roles. It is recommended that IAM policies be applied directly to groups and roles but not users.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > IAM > User

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0116

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v0716

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0116") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0116'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0116"