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Policy: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.21 - Ensure IAM users are managed centrally via identity federation or AWS Organizations for multi-account environments (Manual)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2 (Not Scored)

In multi-account environments, IAM user centralization facilitates greater user control. User access beyond the initial account is then provided via role assumption. Centralization of users can be accomplished through federation with an external identity provider or through the use of AWS Organizations.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

  • AWS > Account

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

  • AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management

Related Policies

  • Attestation

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

  • AWS > CIS v1.4 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.21 - Ensure IAM users are managed centrally via identity federation or AWS Organizations for multi-account environments (Manual)

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
    

Category

  • CIS > Controls v7 > 16 Account Monitoring and Control > 16.02 Configure Centralized Point of Authentication

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Developers

    Category URI
    • tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071602
  • Policy Type URI
    • tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121
  • GraphQL
    • query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121") { … }
    • query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121'") { … }
    • query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121'") { … }
  • CLI
    • Get Policy Type
    • turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121"
    • Get Policy Settings
    • turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r0121"
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