Ensure IAM groups are used for policy assignment
Policies should be assigned to groups, not individual users.
Security Impact
Individual user policies are difficult to manage and audit at scale.
How to Remediate
Create groups for roles/functions. Assign policies to groups and users to groups.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- oracle-iam-10
- Service
- Oracle Cloud Identity and Access Management
- Category
- Access Control
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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