SEC03-BP04 Reduce permissions continuously
Use IAM Access Analyzer unused access findings and Access Advisor service last accessed data to remove permissions that have not been exercised over time.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
Identity provider / directory
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Access Analyzer unused access findings closure log · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Quarterly permission reduction metrics · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Service last accessed reports · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Identity provider / directory); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- permissions only ever expand
- no cleanup cadence
- unused permissions remain for years
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetSEC03-BP03 Establish emergency access process · SEC03-BP05 Define permission guardrails for your organization