AWS IAM

How to configure IAM connection to gather permissions and access rights for groups and users on an AWS IAM.

Create a policy

  • Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console with the appropriate admin level account

  • In the navigation pane on the left, choose Policies and then choose Create policy

  • In the Policy editor section, find the Select a service section, then choose IAM service, and select Next

  • In Actions allowed, choose the below actions to add to the policy:

    • Read > GetUser

    • Read > GetPolicyVersion

    • Read > GetPolicy

    • Read > GetUserPolicy

    • List > ListUserPolicies

    • List > ListAttachedGroupPolicies

    • List > ListAttachedUserPolicies

    • List > ListGroups

    • List > ListUsers

    • List > ListGroupsForUser

  • For Resources, choose All and select Create policy to save the new policy

Create a user

  • Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console with the appropriate admin level account

  • In the navigation pane on the left, choose Users and then choose Create user

  • On the Specify user details page, under User details, in User name, enter the name for the new user, example iam-connector-user and select Next

  • On the Set permissions page, select Attach policies directly and choose the policy created in above steps

  • Select Next

  • Once the user is created, select it, and from the user page, choose Create access key

  • Select Other then Next

  • Enter a description if you wish and select Create access key

  • The Access and Secret Access Keys have now been created. These can be downloaded as a CSV, and also copied from this section. NOTE: the secret access key cannot be viewed once you leave this page

Configuring AWS IAM connector in Dashboard

  • Navigate to Administration -> Data Sources -> AWS IAM -> New scan

  • Provide the access key and secret access key values generated in the above steps

  • Save the configuration

  • Once the configuration is saved, click on the icon on the right and select Start trustee scan to begin the scanning

  • The scan results can be viewed under Dashboard -> Access Governance

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