Ensure Organizations has delegated administrator for security services
Delegate security service administration (GuardDuty, SecurityHub, etc.) to security account instead of using management account for operations.
Security Impact
Using management account for operations increases risk of compromise and violates least privilege principles.
How to Remediate
Register delegated administrators for GuardDuty, SecurityHub, Macie, Access Analyzer using a dedicated security account.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-organizations-10
- Service
- AWS Organizations
- Category
- Security Operations
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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