Securing AWS IAM Permissions

When to Use

• When onboarding new AWS accounts or workloads that require scoped IAM policies
• When IAM Access Analyzer reports overly permissive policies or unused permissions
• When preparing for a compliance audit requiring least privilege evidence (SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
• When migrating from long-lived access keys to short-lived role-based credentials
• When remediating findings from AWS Security Hub related to IAM misconfigurations

Do not use for Azure AD or Google Cloud IAM configurations, application-level authorization logic, or federated identity provider setup (see managing-cloud-identity-with-okta).

Prerequisites

• AWS account with administrative access or IAM:FullAccess permissions
• AWS CLI v2 installed and configured with named profiles
• AWS CloudTrail enabled for at least 90 days of API activity history
• Familiarity with JSON-based IAM policy syntax and ARN resource notation