AWS ABAC Cheatsheet

AWS Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) — Grants permissions dynamically based on matching attributes between IAM principals and AWS resources, focusing specifically on how it can be integrated with

Apr 23, 2025

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☁️ A Day in the Life of a Cloud Security Engineer — Implementing ABAC

Meet John, a security engineer managing AWS infrastructure for a fintech startup, FinTrust. FinTrust is scaling fast, adding multiple teams, dozens of microservices, and juggling multiple compliance requirements (GDPR, PCI-DSS, etc.).

🔥 Problem?

"Too many IAM roles... too many policies... who has access to what again?"

Reza says: "Time to ditch static Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Let's implement Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)!"

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