AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess

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Summary

This policy grants users permissions to create and manage backup access points for accessing backup data in recovery points through S3 access points.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2026-08-06
Last edited: 2026-08-06
Services: backup, kms, s3

Control-plane actions (11)

By access level: 3 List, 1 Permissions management, 2 Read, 5 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Backup	6 of 122	3 List, 1 Read, 2 Write; 3 restricted, 0 conditional	backup:CreateBackupAccessPoint, backup:DeleteBackupAccessPoint, backup:DescribeBackupAccessPoint, backup:ListBackupAccessPoints, backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByRecoveryPoint, backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByResource
KMS	1 of 58	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	kms:Decrypt
S3	4 of 155	1 Permissions management, 1 Read, 2 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional	s3:CreateAccessPoint, s3:DeleteAccessPoint, s3:GetAccessPoint, s3:PutAccessPointPolicy

Backup: 6 actions

backup:CreateBackupAccessPoint (Write)
backup:DeleteBackupAccessPoint (Write)
backup:DescribeBackupAccessPoint (Read)
backup:ListBackupAccessPoints (List)
backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByRecoveryPoint (List)
backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByResource (List)

KMS: 1 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)

S3: 4 actions

s3:CreateAccessPoint (Write)
s3:DeleteAccessPoint (Write)
s3:GetAccessPoint (Read)
s3:PutAccessPointPolicy (Permissions management)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

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

Why this tier

Grants 6 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "CreateBackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:CreateBackupAccessPoint"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:DescribeBackupAccessPoint",
        "backup:DeleteBackupAccessPoint"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:accesspoint/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ListBackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPoints",
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByResource",
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByRecoveryPoint"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3AccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:CreateAccessPoint",
        "s3:DeleteAccessPoint",
        "s3:GetAccessPoint",
        "s3:PutAccessPointPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:*:*:accesspoint/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "backup.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "DecryptKMSEncryptedDataByAWSBackup",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "backup.*.amazonaws.com",
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:backup:backup-vault": "*"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2026-08-06. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

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

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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