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Policy: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.18 - Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances (Manual)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2 (Not Scored)

AWS access from within AWS instances can be done by either encoding AWS keys into AWS API calls or by assigning the instance to a role which has an appropriate permissions policy for the required access. "AWS Access" means accessing the APIs of AWS in order to access AWS resources or manage AWS account resources.

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 using attestation
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management using attestation
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: Level 2 (Not Scored) using attestation
    

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