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💼 1 Identity and Access Management

  • Contextual name: 💼 1 Identity and Access Management
  • ID: /frameworks/cis-aws-v1.3.0/01
  • Located in: 💼 CIS AWS v1.3.0

Description​

This section contains recommendations for configuring identity and access management related options.

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Sub Sections​

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💼 1.1 Maintain current contact details1
💼 1.2 Ensure security contact information is registered1
💼 1.3 Ensure security questions are registered in the AWS account
💼 1.4 Ensure no root user account access key exists11
💼 1.5 Ensure MFA is enabled for the "root user" account1
💼 1.6 Ensure hardware MFA is enabled for the "root user" account1
💼 1.7 Eliminate use of the root user for administrative and daily tasks11
💼 1.8 Ensure IAM password policy requires minimum length of 14 or greater1
💼 1.9 Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse11
💼 1.10 Ensure multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled for all IAM users that have a console password1
💼 1.11 Do not setup access keys during initial user setup for all IAM users that have a console password11
💼 1.12 Ensure credentials unused for 90 days or greater are disabled
💼 1.13 Ensure there is only one active access key available for any single IAM user11
💼 1.14 Ensure access keys are rotated every 90 days or less11
💼 1.15 Ensure IAM Users Receive Permissions Only Through Groups11
💼 1.16 Ensure IAM policies that allow full ":" administrative privileges are not attached11
💼 1.17 Ensure a support role has been created to manage incidents with AWS Support1
💼 1.18 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances11
💼 1.19 Ensure that all the expired SSL/TLS certificates stored in AWS IAM are removed11
💼 1.20 Ensure that S3 Buckets are configured with 'Block public access (bucket settings)'11
💼 1.21 Ensure that IAM Access analyzer is enabled11
💼 1.22 Ensure IAM users are managed centrally via identity federation or AWS Organizations for multi-account environments1