---
names:
  full: AWS EC2 Instance IAM role is not attached
  contextual: Instance IAM role is not attached
description: AWS access from within AWS instances can be done by either encoding AWS
  keys into AWS API calls or by assigning the instance to a role which has an appropriate
  permissions policy for the required access. 'AWS Access' means accessing the APIs
  of AWS in order to access AWS resources or manage AWS account resources.
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - SECURITY
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-aws-v7.0.0/02/16"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/secure-access"
  - "/frameworks/aws-well-architected/cost/02/04"
similarPolicies:
  internal:
    - dec-x-6c93750d
  cloudConformity:
    - url: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/EC2/ec2-instance-using-iam-roles.html
      name: EC2 Instance Using IAM Roles