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AWS connect high security documentation change

Service: connect · 2025-03-26 · Security-related high

File: connect/latest/adminguide/tagging-connect-instance.md

Summary

Updated IAM policy example to restrict actions and enforce resource tag conditions

Security assessment

Policy changed from overly permissive ('Action':'*','Resource':'*') to specific Connect actions with tag-based conditions, addressing excessive permissions risk

Diff

diff --git a/connect/latest/adminguide/tagging-connect-instance.md b/connect/latest/adminguide/tagging-connect-instance.md
index 5cec44f63..17bef4bb9 100644
--- a/connect/latest/adminguide/tagging-connect-instance.md
+++ b/connect/latest/adminguide/tagging-connect-instance.md
@@ -73 +73 @@ For TBAC on instances, you can define IAM policies based on instance tags and as
-**Scenario 1** : Controlling access to a specific instance through an IAM role using tags associated with the instance. The following policy allows access only instances which are tagged with key:`Environment` and value:`Dev`.
+**Scenario 1** : Controlling access to a specific Amazon Connect instance through an IAM role using tags associated with the instance. The following policy allows access only to instances which are tagged with key:`Environment` and value:`Dev`.
@@ -81,2 +81,7 @@ For TBAC on instances, you can define IAM policies based on instance tags and as
-             "Action":"*",
-             "Resource":"*"
+          "Action": "connect:*",
+          "Resource": "*",
+          "Condition": {
+            "StringEquals": {
+              "aws:ResourceTag/Environment": "Dev"
+            }
+          }
@@ -86 +91 @@ For TBAC on instances, you can define IAM policies based on instance tags and as
-             "Action":"connect:DescribeInstance",
+          "Action": "connect:*",
@@ -90,3 +95 @@ For TBAC on instances, you can define IAM policies based on instance tags and as
-                   "aws:ResourceTag/Environment":[
-                      "Dev"
-                   ]
+              "aws:ResourceTag/Environment": "Dev"