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Ensure a Security Audit role has been created to conduct security audits

iam_securityaudit_role_created

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Serviceiam
by Prowler

Ensure a Security Audit role has been created to conduct security audits

Risk

Creating an IAM role with a security audit policy provides a clear separation of duties between the security team and other teams within the organization. This helps to ensure that security-related activities are performed by authorized individuals with the appropriate expertise and access permissions.

Run this check with Prowler CLI

prowler aws --checks iam_securityaudit_role_created

Run in Prowler Cloud

ARN template

arn:partition:service:region:account-id:resource-id

Remediation

WUI

Create an IAM role for conduct security audits with AWS.

References:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_job-functions.html#jf_security-auditor

Source Code

Resource Type

AwsIamRole