Benchmark: Least Privilege (AC-6)

Usage

Browse dashboards and select Least Privilege (AC-6):

steampipe dashboard

Or run the benchmarks in your terminal:

steampipe check aws_compliance.benchmark.nist_800_53_rev_4_ac_6

Snapshot and share results via Steampipe Cloud:

steampipe login
steampipe check --share aws_compliance.benchmark.nist_800_53_rev_4_ac_6

Benchmarks

• AC-6(10) Prohibit Non-Privileged Users From Executing Privileged Functions

Controls

• CodeBuild project plaintext environment variables should not contain sensitive AWS values
• DMS replication instances should not be publicly accessible
• EBS snapshots should not be publicly restorable
• EC2 instances should not have a public IP address
• EC2 instances should use IMDSv2
• EMR cluster Kerberos should be enabled
• IAM groups should have at least one user
• IAM groups, users, and roles should not have any inline policies
• IAM policy should not have statements with admin access
• IAM root user should not have access keys
• IAM users should be in at least one group
• IAM user should not have any inline or attached policies
• IAM user credentials that have not been used in 90 days should be disabled
• Lambda functions should restrict public access
• RDS DB instances should prohibit public access
• RDS snapshots should prohibit public access
• Redshift clusters should prohibit public access
• S3 buckets should prohibit public read access
• S3 buckets should prohibit public write access
• S3 public access should be blocked at account and bucket levels
• SageMaker notebook instances should not have direct internet access

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