Quickly Identify When Your IAM User Last Used An Access Key in AWS GovCloud (US)

Posted on: May 17, 2018

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) in AWS GovCloud (US) now reports the time stamp when an IAM user last used their access key.  

AWS IAM also provides you with the region and the AWS service that was accessed. These details complement password last used data to provide a more thorough picture of when an IAM user was last active, enabling you to rotate old keys and remove inactive users with greater confidence. You can view access key last used data interactively in the IAM console or programmatically via the API/CLI/SDK.

To learn more about how to view access key last used data, see Finding Unused Credentials.