Control: 1.2 Ensure no root account access key exists

Description

Access keys provide programmatic access to a given Alibaba Cloud account. It is recommended that all access keys associated with the root account be removed.

Remediation

Perform the following to delete or disable active root access keys:

Using the management console:

Logon to RAM console by using your Alibaba Cloud account (root account).
Move the pointer over the account icon in the upper-right corner and click AccessKey.
Click Continue to manage AccessKey.
On the Security Management page, find the target access keys and perform the following operations:
- Click Disable to disable the target access keys temporarily.
- Click Delete to delete the target access keys permanently.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run alicloud_compliance.control.cis_v200_1_2

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run alicloud_compliance.control.cis_v200_1_2 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  'acs:ram::' || account_id || ':user/' || user_name as resource,
  case
    when access_key_1_active or access_key_2_active then 'alarm'
    else 'ok'
  end as status,
  case
    when access_key_1_active or access_key_2_active then 'Root account access key exists.'
    else 'No root account access keys exist.'
  end as reason
  , account_id as account_id
from
  alicloud_ram_credential_report
where
  user_name = '<root>';

Control: 1.2 Ensure no root account access key exists

Description

Remediation

Using the management console:

Usage

SQL

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