AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup

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Summary

Policy containing permissions necessary for AWS Backup to backup data in any S3 bucket. This includes read access to all S3 objects and any decrypt access for all KMS keys.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup
Default version: v5
Created: 2022-02-18
Last edited: 2026-08-24
Services: backup, cloudwatch, events, kms, s3

Control-plane actions (22)

By access level: 4 List, 8 Read, 1 Tagging, 9 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Backup	1 of 122	1 Tagging; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	backup:TagResource
EventBridge	9 of 71	2 List, 1 Read, 6 Write; 8 restricted, 0 conditional	events:DeleteRule, events:DescribeRule, events:DisableRule, events:EnableRule, events:ListRules, events:ListTargetsByRule, events:PutRule, events:PutTargets, events:RemoveTargets
KMS	2 of 58	1 Read, 1 Write; 2 restricted, 2 conditional	kms:Decrypt, kms:DescribeKey
S3	10 of 155	2 List, 6 Read, 2 Write; 9 restricted, 1 conditional	s3:GetBucketAcl, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:GetBucketNotification, s3:GetBucketTagging, s3:GetBucketVersioning, s3:GetInventoryConfiguration, s3:ListAllMyBuckets, s3:ListTagsForResource, s3:PutBucketNotification, s3:PutInventoryConfiguration

Backup: 1 actions

backup:TagResource (Tagging)

EventBridge: 9 actions

events:DeleteRule (Write)
events:DescribeRule (Read)
events:DisableRule (Write)
events:EnableRule (Write)
events:ListRules (List)
events:ListTargetsByRule (List)
events:PutRule (Write)
events:PutTargets (Write)
events:RemoveTargets (Write)

KMS: 2 actions

kms:Decrypt (Write)
kms:DescribeKey (Read)

S3: 10 actions

s3:GetBucketAcl (Read)
s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:GetBucketNotification (Read)
s3:GetBucketTagging (Read)
s3:GetBucketVersioning (Read)
s3:GetInventoryConfiguration (Read)
s3:ListAllMyBuckets (List)
s3:ListTagsForResource (List)
s3:PutBucketNotification (Write)
s3:PutInventoryConfiguration (Write)

Data-plane actions (9)

By access level: 2 List, 7 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GetMetricData
S3	8 of 25	2 List, 6 Read; 8 restricted, 0 conditional	s3:GetObject, s3:GetObjectAcl, s3:GetObjectTagging, s3:GetObjectVersion, s3:GetObjectVersionAcl, s3:GetObjectVersionTagging, s3:ListBucket, s3:ListBucketVersions

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:GetMetricData (Read)

S3: 8 actions

s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:GetObjectAcl (Read)
s3:GetObjectTagging (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersion (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersionAcl (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersionTagging (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:ListBucketVersions (List)

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 10 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": "CloudWatchGetMetricDataPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgePermissionsForAwsBackupManagedRule",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:EnableRule",
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:ListTargetsByRule",
        "events:DisableRule"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/AwsBackupManagedRule*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgeListRulesPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "events:ListRules",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KmsPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "kms:ViaService": "s3.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3BucketPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetBucketTagging",
        "s3:GetInventoryConfiguration",
        "s3:ListBucketVersions",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:GetBucketVersioning",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "s3:PutInventoryConfiguration",
        "s3:GetBucketNotification",
        "s3:PutBucketNotification"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3ObjectPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObjectAcl",
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:GetObjectVersionTagging",
        "s3:GetObjectVersionAcl",
        "s3:GetObjectTagging",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3ListBucketPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3BucketTagReadPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalAccount": "${aws:ResourceAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "RecoveryPointTaggingPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "backup:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:PrincipalAccount": "${aws:ResourceAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-08-24. 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/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsbackupservicerolepolicyfors3backup" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForS3Backup"),
);

Sources

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