AWS IAM account discovery operation

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

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Cortex XDR
Last date published
2026-02-02
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Analytics Alert Reference
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Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • AWS Audit Log

Detection Modules

Cloud

Detector Tags

ATT&CK Tactic

Discovery (TA0007)

ATT&CK Technique

Account Discovery: Cloud Account (T1087.004)

Severity

Informational

Description

AWS IAM account discovery operation.

Attacker's Goals

  • Understand the IAM structure and relationships between users, roles, and groups to identify high-privilege identities or misconfigurations.
  • Identify identities or roles that can be used to escalate privileges or gain broader access.

Investigative actions

  • Check if the request follows a suspicious login, temporary credential use, or access from an unusual IP address.
  • Check if the operation is followed by or correlated with other enumeration actions.