AWS Security Blog
Author: Brigid Johnson
Test Your Managed Policies by Using the Identity and Access Management Policy Simulator
Recently, AWS launched managed policies, which simplify policy management by enabling you to attach a single policy to multiple AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities such as users, groups, and roles. When you update a managed policy, the permissions in that policy apply to every entity to which the managed policy is attached. We […]
Coming March 2015: Upgrades to IAM Policy Validation
Several weeks ago, we released documentation for the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy grammar and published a back-to-school policy grammar blog post to let you know of common errors in policies. To help you ensure that your policies match your intentions, we are taking policy validation a step further. Starting March 2015, any new or updated policy must […]
A Simple Way to Export Your IAM Settings
Do you analyze, audit, or monitor your AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) settings? If so, you will be happy to hear we’ve simplified the way you can retrieve a snapshot of your IAM settings. Today we’re making it easier for you to build tools to analyze, monitor, and audit your IAM entities (i.e., users, […]
Back to School: Understanding the IAM Policy Grammar
Have you ever had to create access policies for users, groups, roles, or resources and wished you could learn more about the policy language? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In this blog, I’ll describe the attributes and structure of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy language. I’ll also include examples that […]