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Policy: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.15 - Ensure IAM Users Receive Permissions Only Through Groups (Automated)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

IAM users are granted access to services, functions, and data through IAM policies. There are three ways to define policies for a user:

  1. Edit the user policy directly, aka an inline, or user, policy;
  2. attach a policy directly to a user;
  3. add the user to an IAM group that has an attached policy.

Only the third implementation is recommended.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type
string
Default
Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: Level 1 (Scored)
    

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