AWSBackupAuditAccess

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Summary

This policy grants permissions for users to create controls and frameworks that define their expectations for AWS Backup resources and activities, and to audit AWS Backup resources and activities against their defined controls and frameworks. This policy grants permissions to AWS Config and similar services to describe user expectations perform the audits. This policy also grants permissions to deliver audit reports to S3 and similar services, and enables users to find and open their audit reports.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupAuditAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2021-08-24
Last edited: 2023-04-10
Services: backup, config, s3

Control-plane actions (21)

By access level: 6 List, 8 Read, 7 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Backup	15 of 122	5 List, 3 Read, 7 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	backup:CreateFramework, backup:CreateReportPlan, backup:DeleteFramework, backup:DeleteReportPlan, backup:DescribeFramework, backup:DescribeReportJob, backup:DescribeReportPlan, backup:ListBackupPlans, backup:ListBackupVaults, backup:ListFrameworks, backup:ListReportJobs, backup:ListReportPlans and 3 more
Config	4 of 102	4 Read; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule, config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus, config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders, config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule
S3	2 of 155	1 List, 1 Read; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:ListAllMyBuckets

Backup: 15 actions

backup:CreateFramework (Write)
backup:CreateReportPlan (Write)
backup:DeleteFramework (Write)
backup:DeleteReportPlan (Write)
backup:DescribeFramework (Read)
backup:DescribeReportJob (Read)
backup:DescribeReportPlan (Read)
backup:ListBackupPlans (List)
backup:ListBackupVaults (List)
backup:ListFrameworks (List)
backup:ListReportJobs (List)
backup:ListReportPlans (List)
backup:StartReportJob (Write)
backup:UpdateFramework (Write)
backup:UpdateReportPlan (Write)

Config: 4 actions

config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule (Read)
config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus (Read)
config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders (Read)
config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule (Read)

S3: 2 actions

s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)

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 7 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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:CreateFramework",
        "backup:UpdateFramework",
        "backup:ListFrameworks",
        "backup:DescribeFramework",
        "backup:DeleteFramework",
        "backup:ListBackupPlans",
        "backup:ListBackupVaults",
        "backup:CreateReportPlan",
        "backup:UpdateReportPlan",
        "backup:ListReportPlans",
        "backup:DescribeReportPlan",
        "backup:DeleteReportPlan",
        "backup:StartReportJob",
        "backup:ListReportJobs",
        "backup:DescribeReportJob"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorders",
        "config:DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus",
        "config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:config:*:*:config-rule/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2023-04-10. 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/AWSBackupAuditAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupAuditAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupAuditAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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