AWS Data Source

This page explains how to setup & onboard an AWS account as a data source.

AWS setup overview

Secberus is completely agentless and uses a read-only API permission to securely access your AWS metadata. In order to create a data source for an AWS account you will need administrative access to the AWS console.

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SETUP ORGANIZATIONS FIRST

Secberus Organizations allow users to segment visibility, posture, teams, and actions in the platform.

Cloud environment data sources can only exist within an Organization, so it is important to make sure you setup your organizational structure first before onboarding cloud environments to those specific Organizations.

Click here to Setup Organizations.

Connecting an AWS account

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What to Expect

Connecting an AWS account takes about 10 minutes and requires administrative access to the cloud environment you wish to connect.

Secberus can connect to your AWS account with either an IAM role or an IAM user.

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Best Practices

It is strongly recommended to use an IAM role instead of an IAM user in order to get access to your AWS account using temporary credentials.

Connect your AWS account using an IAM role

Connect your AWS account using an IAM user (not recommended)