IAM Policy Autopilot now supports Terraform plan files
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IAM Policy Autopilot now supports generating baseline IAM policies directly from Terraform plan files, expanding its capability beyond application source code analysis.
- Analyzes Terraform plan files to generate scoped-down IAM policies with specific resource ARNs
- Deterministically creates policies based on CRUD functions of resources in the plan
- Complements existing Terraform-aware analysis that cross-references resource definitions with SDK calls
- Available at no additional cost and runs locally on your machine
- Most requested feature since the tool's launch at re:Invent 2025
IAM Policy Autopilot reduces time spent writing IAM policies and troubleshooting access issues for Infrastructure as Code deployments.
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