💼 1.18 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances

• Contextual name: 💼 1.18 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances
• ID: /frameworks/cis-aws-v1.3.0/01/18
• Located in: 💼 1 Identity and Access Management

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.

Similar

• Sections
  • /frameworks/cis-aws-v1.4.0/01/18
  • /frameworks/cis-aws-v1.2.0/01/19
• Internal
  • ID: dec-c-f515ea26

Similar Sections (Take Policies From)

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS AWS v1.2.0 → 💼 1.19 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances		1	1
💼 CIS AWS v1.4.0 → 💼 1.18 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances		1	1

Similar Sections (Give Policies To)

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS AWS v1.2.0 → 💼 1.19 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances		1	1
💼 CIS AWS v1.4.0 → 💼 1.18 Ensure IAM instance roles are used for AWS resource access from instances		1	1

Sub Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags

Policies (1)

Policy	Logic Count	Flags
📝 AWS EC2 Instance IAM role is not attached 🟢	1	🟢 x6

Internal Rules

Rule	Policies	Flags
✉️ dec-x-6c93750d	1