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AWS drs: Expanded read-only policy documentation

Service: drs · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: drs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryReadOnlyAccess.md · Type: iam

Summary

Updated the policy description to include recovery plans and executions.

Security assessment

The evidence updates IAM policy documentation to cover new resources, improving clarity for access control without addressing a vulnerability.

Evidence

+  * **AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (read-only)** – View all DRS resources such as Source Servers, Recovery Instances, Recovery Snapshots, recovery plans, recovery plan executions, and post-launch actions.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryReadOnlyAccess.md b/drs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryReadOnlyAccess.md
index 9ab507ac1..df06c8793 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryReadOnlyAccess.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSElasticDisasterRecoveryReadOnlyAccess.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ This policy provides permissions to all read-only public APIs of AWS Elastic Dis
-  * **AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (read-only)** – View all DRS resources such as Source Servers, Recovery Instances, Recovery Snapshots, and post-launch actions.
+  * **AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (read-only)** – View all DRS resources such as Source Servers, Recovery Instances, Recovery Snapshots, recovery plans, recovery plan executions, and post-launch actions.