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An annotated list of free resources and open source tools to assist with AWS security |
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AWS Policy Generator – The AWS Policy Generator is a tool that enables you to create policies that control access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) products and resources.- salesforce/policy_sentry – IAM Least Privilege Policy Generator
- duo-labs/cloudtracker – CloudTracker helps you find over-privileged IAM users and roles by comparing CloudTrail logs with current IAM policies.
- goldfiglabs/rpCheckup – rpCheckup is an AWS resource policy security checkup tool that identifies public, external account access, intra-org account access, and private resources
- iann0036/iamlive – Generate an IAM policy from AWS calls using client-side monitoring (CSM) or embedded proxy
- Netflix/repokid – Repokid removes permissions granting access to unused services from the inline policies of IAM roles in an AWS account
- aminohealth/wonk - tool that analyzes IAM policies and minimizes them to fit under IAM policy length limits
- ermetic/access-undenied-aws – parses AWS AccessDenied CloudTrail events, explains the reasons for them, and offers actionable remediation steps
- https://aws.permissions.cloud/ – comprehensive list of IAM actions, permissions, and API methods
- BishopFox/iam-vulnerable – Use Terraform to create your own vulnerable by design AWS IAM privilege escalation playground.
- PaloAltoNetworks/IAM-Deescalate – Helps mitigate privilege escalation risk in AWS identity and access management
- duo-labs/parliament – AWS IAM linting library to find malformed json, incorrect prefix and action names, incorrect resources or conditions for the actions provided, etc.
- flosell/iam-policy-json-to-terraform – Tool to convert an IAM Policy in JSON format into a Terraform aws_iam_policy_document
- https://iam.cloudcopilot.io/resources/operators – AWS IAM Policy Condition Operators Explained
- https://iam.cloudcopilot.io/tools/iam-shrink – IAM Shrink: Make a list of IAM actions smaller
Tools that Help Secure AWS Resources
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Log Querying
- https://github.com/Permiso-io-tools/CloudGrappler –A purpose-built tool designed for effortless querying of high-fidelity and single-event detections related to well-known threat actors in popular cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
- https://github.com/Permiso-io-tools/CloudConsoleCartographer – A framework for condensing groupings of cloud events (e.g. CloudTrail logs) and mapping them to the original user input actions in the management console UI for simplified analysis and explainability
Monitoring
- zoph-io/aws-security-survival-kit – Bare minimum AWS Security Alerting
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- puresec/awesome-serverless-security – A curated list of serverless security resources such as (e)books, articles, whitepapers, blogs and research papers.
- toniblyx/my-arsenal-of-aws-security-tools – List of open source tools for AWS security: defensive, offensive, auditing, DFIR, etc.
- ramimac/aws-customer-security-incidents - A repository of breaches of AWS customers
- hackingthe.cloud - An encyclopedia for offensive and defensive security knowledge in cloud native technologies (repo / website)
- https://ramimac.me/aws-iam-tools-2024 – A list of useful AWS IAM tools