AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly

Summary

Provides read-only access to Amazon Kinesis Analytics via the AWS Management Console.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections reviewed against the listed AWS sources.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnlyCopy ARN

Default version

v1

Created

2016-09-21

Last edited

2016-09-21

Services

cloudwatch, firehose, iam, kinesis, kinesisanalytics, logs

Control-plane actions (17)

By access level: 5 List, 12 Read.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 1 List, 1 Read.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

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Frequently asked questions

When should I attach AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly?

The reference page says you can attach AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly to your users, groups and roles, and describes it as read-only access to Amazon Kinesis Analytics via the console. Attach it where viewing is the intended scope.

What does AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly grant?

It allows kinesisanalytics Describe*, Get* and List* actions, two kinesis and two Firehose describe and list actions, two CloudWatch metric reads, logs:GetLogEvents and two IAM list actions, all on all resources.

What are the security risks of AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly?

It grants no write actions, but it can read log events and list IAM roles on all resources. AWS managed policies don't grant least privilege permissions, and you must consider the security risk of granting principals more permissions than they need. AWS updates to the policy affect every identity it is attached to.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kinesisanalytics:Describe*",
        "kinesisanalytics:Get*",
        "kinesisanalytics:List*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kinesis:DescribeStream",
        "kinesis:ListStreams"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream",
        "firehose:ListDeliveryStreams"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "logs:GetLogEvents",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:ListPolicyVersions",
        "iam:ListRoles"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2016-09-21. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonkinesisanalyticsreadonly" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly"),
);

Sources

• AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly (AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-13; supports summary, practicalScope, useCases, securityConsiderations, assignmentGuidance, faqs)
• Managed policies and inline policies (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports securityConsiderations, faqs)
• AWS managed policies for job functions (IAM User Guide) (retrieved 2026-11-12; supports bestPractices, faqs)

• Official AWS reference for AmazonKinesisAnalyticsReadOnly
• Report a data issue