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Remediation

From Google Cloud Console

  1. Navigate to IAM & Admin → IAM: https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/iam
  2. Locate any members assigned the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles.
  3. Click the Delete Bin icon to remove the role from the member.
  4. Assign a more granular role based on the user’s job responsibilities.

Note: Role removal should be guided by business requirements to ensure users retain necessary access.

From gcloud CLI

  1. Remove the basic role from the user:

    gcloud {{projects | organizations | resource-manager folders}} remove-iam-policy-binding {{resource-id}} \
    --member="user:{{user-email}}" \
    --role="{{roles/owner}}"
  2. Assign a least-privilege role appropriate for the user’s responsibilities:

    gcloud {{projects | organizations | resource-manager folders}} add-iam-policy-binding {{resource-id}} \
    --member="user:{{user-email}}" \
    --role="{{least-privilege-role}}"