CloudWatchEventsFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to Amazon CloudWatch Events.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchEventsFullAccess
Default version: v5
Created: 2016-01-14
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: events, iam, pipes, scheduler, schemas, secretsmanager

Control-plane actions (132)

By access level: 24 List, 4 Permissions management, 27 Read, 8 Tagging, 69 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EventBridge	All 71 actions (see the EventBridge page)	15 List, 4 Permissions management, 12 Read, 2 Tagging, 38 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	events:*
IAM	2 of 190	2 Write; 2 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole, iam:PassRole
EventBridge Pipes	All 10 actions (see the EventBridge Pipes page)	1 List, 2 Read, 2 Tagging, 5 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	pipes:*
EventBridge Scheduler	All 13 actions (see the EventBridge Scheduler page)	3 List, 3 Read, 2 Tagging, 5 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	scheduler:*
EventBridge Schemas	All 31 actions (see the EventBridge Schemas page)	5 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 15 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	schemas:*
Secrets Manager	5 of 27	1 Read, 4 Write; 5 restricted, 0 conditional	secretsmanager:CreateSecret, secretsmanager:DeleteSecret, secretsmanager:GetSecretValue, secretsmanager:PutSecretValue, secretsmanager:UpdateSecret

IAM: 2 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)
iam:PassRole (Write)

Secrets Manager: 5 actions

secretsmanager:CreateSecret (Write)
secretsmanager:DeleteSecret (Write)
secretsmanager:GetSecretValue (Read)
secretsmanager:PutSecretValue (Write)
secretsmanager:UpdateSecret (Write)

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 3 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
EventBridge	All 3 actions (see the EventBridge page)	3 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	events:*

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: events (45 of 45), pipes (5 of 5), scheduler (5 of 5), schemas (15 of 15).
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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

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Frequently asked questions

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Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgeActions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:*",
        "schemas:*",
        "scheduler:*",
        "pipes:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMCreateServiceLinkedRoleForApiDestinations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/apidestinations.events.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonEventBridgeApiDestinations",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "apidestinations.events.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMCreateServiceLinkedRoleForAmazonEventBridgeSchemas",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/schemas.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForSchemas",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "schemas.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecretsManagerAccessForApiDestinations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:CreateSecret",
        "secretsmanager:UpdateSecret",
        "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:PutSecretValue"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:events!*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMPassRoleForCloudWatchEvents",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWS_Events_Invoke_Targets"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMPassRoleAccessForScheduler",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "scheduler.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "IAMPassRoleAccessForPipes",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:PassedToService": "pipes.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/CloudWatchEventsFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchEventsFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/CloudWatchEventsFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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