Automated AWS IAM Access Key Rotation and Security Audit
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This workflow automates the process of retrieving AWS IAM user access keys, deactivating compromised keys, and auditing user policies. It enhances your cloud security posture by proactively managing access credentials.
About This Workflow
Gain granular control and proactive security over your AWS IAM environment with this powerful automation. This workflow meticulously fetches user access keys, allowing you to identify and immediately deactivate any potentially compromised credentials. Beyond key management, it conducts thorough audits of both inline and attached user policies, providing a comprehensive view of user permissions. To further bolster your defenses, it dynamically generates and applies an 'Invalidating Temporary Security Credentials' policy, ensuring that older or unmanaged access methods are rendered inactive. This end-to-end solution significantly reduces your attack surface and streamlines your IAM security operations.
Key Features
- Automated Access Key Retrieval: Effortlessly list all access keys associated with an IAM user.
- Deactivate Compromised Keys: Immediately revoke access for suspicious or outdated access keys.
- Comprehensive Policy Auditing: Scan and list both inline and attached policies for each user.
- Dynamic Security Policy Generation: Automatically create and apply a policy to invalidate temporary credentials based on creation date.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Proactively manage and reduce your AWS attack surface.
How To Use
- Configure AWS Credentials: Ensure your n8n instance has a valid AWS credential set up with sufficient IAM permissions to list access keys, update access keys, create policies, and attach user policies.
- Input User Information: The
Fetch User Access Keysnode expects aUserNameparameter, which can be provided directly or dynamically from a previous node. - Review and Deactivate: The
Parse Access Key Responsenode will process the retrieved keys. You can add logic after this node to conditionally trigger theDeactivate Compromised Keynode based on specific criteria (e.g., key age, detected anomalies). - Audit Policies: The
Audit Inline PoliciesandAudit Attached Policiesnodes will list the policies associated with the user. - Apply Security Policy: The
Generate Invalidation Policynode creates a policy that denies access based on the token issue time. TheApply Security Policynode then attaches this newly created policy to the user.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "735ba40e-8d15-456a-aa47-8844edc06314",
"name": "Automated AWS IAM Access Key Rotation and Security Audit",
"nodes": 25,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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