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Policy: AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management

This section contains recommendations for configuring identity and access management related options.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

  • AWS > Account

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

  • AWS > CIS v6.0

Related Policies

  • 2.01 - Maintain current contact details
  • 2.02 - Ensure security contact information is registered
  • 2.03 - Ensure no 'root' user account access key exists
  • 2.04 - Ensure MFA is enabled for the 'root' user account
  • 2.05 - Ensure hardware MFA is enabled for the 'root' user account
  • 2.06 - Eliminate use of the 'root' user for administrative and daily tasks
  • 2.07 - Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater
  • 2.08 - Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse
  • 2.09 - Ensure multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for all IAM users that have a console password
  • 2.10 - Do not create access keys during initial setup for IAM users with a console password
  • 2.11 - Ensure credentials unused for 45 days or more are disabled
  • 2.12 - Ensure there is only one active access key for any single IAM user
  • 2.13 - Ensure access keys are rotated every 90 days or less
  • 2.14 - Ensure IAM users receive permissions only through groups
  • 2.15 - Ensure IAM policies that allow full "*:*" administrative privileges are not attached
  • 2.16 - Ensure a support role has been created to manage incidents with AWS Support
  • 2.17 - Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances
  • 2.18 - Ensure that all expired SSL/TLS certificates stored in AWS IAM are removed
  • 2.19 - Ensure that IAM External Access Analyzer is enabled for all regions
  • 2.20 - Ensure IAM users are managed centrally via identity federation or AWS Organizations for multi-account environments
  • 2.21 - Ensure access to AWSCloudShellFullAccess is restricted
  • Maximum Attestation Duration

Controls

Setting this policy configures these controls:

  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.01 - Maintain current contact details
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.02 - Ensure security contact information is registered
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.03 - Ensure no 'root' user account access key exists
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.04 - Ensure MFA is enabled for the 'root' user account
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.05 - Ensure hardware MFA is enabled for the 'root' user account
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.06 - Eliminate use of the 'root' user for administrative and daily tasks
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.07 - Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.08 - Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.09 - Ensure multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for all IAM users that have a console password
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.10 - Do not create access keys during initial setup for IAM users with a console password
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.11 - Ensure credentials unused for 45 days or more are disabled
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.12 - Ensure there is only one active access key for any single IAM user
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.13 - Ensure access keys are rotated every 90 days or less
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.14 - Ensure IAM users receive permissions only through groups
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.15 - Ensure IAM policies that allow full "*:*" administrative privileges are not attached
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.16 - Ensure a support role has been created to manage incidents with AWS Support
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.17 - Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.18 - Ensure that all expired SSL/TLS certificates stored in AWS IAM are removed
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.19 - Ensure that IAM External Access Analyzer is enabled for all regions
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.20 - Ensure IAM users are managed centrally via identity federation or AWS Organizations for multi-account environments
  • AWS > CIS v6.0 > 2 - Identity and Access Management > 2.21 - Ensure access to AWSCloudShellFullAccess is restricted

Policy Specification

Schema Type
string
Default
Per AWS > CIS v6.0
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per AWS > CIS v6.0
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: All CIS Benchmarks except attestations
    
  • Check: All CIS Benchmarks
    
Examples [YAML]
  • Skip
    

Category

  • CIS

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Developers

    Category URI
    • tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/cis
  • Policy Type URI
    • tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02
  • GraphQL
    • query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02") { … }
    • query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02'") { … }
    • query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02'") { … }
  • CLI
    • Get Policy Type
    • turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02"
    • Get Policy Settings
    • turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv6-0#/policy/types/s02"
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