Control: Eliminate use of the 'root' user for administrative and daily tasks
Description
This control checks whether the root user has been used in the last 90 days. The control fails if the root user has been used in the last 90 days.
Usage
Run the control in your terminal:
powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.iam_root_last_used
Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:
powerpipe loginpowerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.iam_root_last_used --share
SQL
This control uses a named query:
select user_arn as resource, case when password_last_used >= (current_date - interval '90' day) then 'alarm' when access_key_1_last_used_date <= (current_date - interval '90' day) then 'alarm' when access_key_2_last_used_date <= (current_date - interval '90' day) then 'alarm' else 'ok' end as status, case when password_last_used is null then 'Root never logged in with password.' else 'Root password used ' || to_char(password_last_used , 'DD-Mon-YYYY') || ' (' || extract(day from current_timestamp - password_last_used) || ' days).' end || case when access_key_1_last_used_date is null then ' Access Key 1 never used.' else ' Access Key 1 used ' || to_char(access_key_1_last_used_date , 'DD-Mon-YYYY') || ' (' || extract(day from current_timestamp - access_key_1_last_used_date) || ' days).' end || case when access_key_2_last_used_date is null then ' Access Key 2 never used.' else ' Access Key 2 used ' || to_char(access_key_2_last_used_date , 'DD-Mon-YYYY') || ' (' || extract(day from current_timestamp - access_key_2_last_used_date) || ' days).' end as reason , account_idfrom aws_iam_credential_reportwhere user_name = '<root_account>';