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AWS

Policy: 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 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
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per AWS > CIS v1
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: Level 1 (Scored)
    

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