{"id":6861,"date":"2020-01-22T08:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cloudthat.com\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:10:55","slug":"how-to-enable-iam-access-analyzer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/blog\/how-to-enable-iam-access-analyzer","title":{"rendered":"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous blog, titled &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudthat.com\/what-is-aws-iam-access-analyzer\/?utm_source=blog-website&amp;utm-medium=text-link&amp;utm_campaign=what-is-aws-iam-access-analyzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is IAM Access Analyzer<\/a><u>&#8216;<\/u>, I have introduced the IAM Access Analyzer and focused mainly on\u00a0why we should use it and its benefits. In this article, I will explain &#8216;<strong>How to use the Access Analyzer in IAM<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to AWS Console, and select <strong>IAM<\/strong> Service<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6854 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_1.png\" alt=\"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer\" width=\"596\" height=\"310\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Access Analyzer<\/strong> under <strong>Access reports<\/strong> on the left panel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6855 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_2.png\" alt=\"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer\" width=\"578\" height=\"242\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Create Analyzer<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6856 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_3.png\" alt=\"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer\" width=\"596\" height=\"322\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Specify a Name of your analyser and click <strong>Create Analyzer<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_4.png\" alt=\"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer\" width=\"596\" height=\"390\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>All<\/strong> to view all the external principals that are attached to your AWS account<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6858 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_5.png\" alt=\"How to enable IAM Access Analyzer\" width=\"596\" height=\"326\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>When you click any <strong>Finding ID<\/strong> you can see the complete information about that principal along with the permissions that are granted to that principal<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iam_access_analyzer_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"306\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This\u00a0lab will explain you how to use Access Analyzer\u00a0in IAM, if you want to learn more\u00a0about\u00a0Identity\u00a0and\u00a0Access\u00a0Management (IAM)\u00a0on AWS, kindly register for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cloudthat.in\/course\/level-3-aws-certification-bootcamp\/?utm_source=blog-website&amp;utm-medium=text-link&amp;utm_campaign=level-3-aws-certification-bootcamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS Solution Architect Associate<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudthat.in\/course\/aws-security-speciality-certification-bootcamp\/?utm_source=blog-website&amp;utm-medium=text-link&amp;utm_campaign=aws-security-speciality-certification-bootcamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS Security Speciality Training<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudthat.in\/?utm_source=blog-website&amp;utm-medium=text-link&amp;utm_campaign=training-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CloudThat\u00a0Technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any comment or question, then do write it in the 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