AWS Organizations Service Control Policies

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cloud computing policy
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SCPs
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:AWS_Organizations
organizational units
individual AWS accounts
gptkbp:attachedTo gptkb:bank
gptkb:organization
gptkb:root
gptkbp:canBe granting permissions
restricting permissions
gptkbp:canBeManagedBy organization administrators
gptkbp:canDeny specific AWS service actions
gptkbp:cannotBeAppliedTo service-linked roles
AWS root user
external accounts
gptkbp:cannotBeManagedBy member account users
gptkbp:cannotGrant permissions not allowed by SCP
gptkbp:cannotOverride AWS service-level restrictions
gptkbp:capacity 5,120 characters per policy
gptkbp:compatibleWith permissions by themselves
gptkbp:controls permissions for AWS accounts
gptkbp:documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_scps.html
gptkbp:enables least privilege principle
security best practices
compliance enforcement
centralized permission management
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:AWS_Organizations
gptkbp:enforcementScope all users and roles in an account
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AWS Organizations Service Control Policies
gptkbp:introducedIn 2017
gptkbp:maximumPoliciesPerAccount 5
gptkbp:policy gptkb:JSON
FullAWSAccess
JSON policy
gptkbp:policyAttachmentLimit 5 per account or OU
gptkbp:policyEffect restricts maximum permissions
gptkbp:policyEvaluation all attached SCPs are evaluated
gptkbp:policyEvaluationOrder SCPs evaluated before IAM policies
gptkbp:policyInheritance policies inherited from parent OUs
gptkbp:provides gptkb:Amazon_Web_Services
gptkbp:purpose define maximum available permissions
restrict AWS service actions
set permission guardrails
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:AWS_Organizations
IAM policies
Resource-based policies
Permission Boundaries
gptkbp:scope multi-account
organization-wide
gptkbp:supports allow and deny statements
gptkbp:worksWith IAM policies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AWS_EventBridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6