AWS Security Hub now uncovers identity risks from unused access

Today, AWS Security Hub brings identity risk into the same unified console where central security teams already manage threats, exposures, and posture findings. Security Hub now detects unused IAM permissions, roles, and credentials across your AWS organization, helping central security teams identify and reduce identity risk at scale. Until now, managing identity risk across hundreds of accounts required toggling between multiple tools, with no unified view connecting unused permissions to actual resource exposure. Security Hub now surfaces these identity risks alongside threats, exposures, and posture findings in a unified console, enabling teams to prioritize remediation based on actual organizational risk.

When you enable Security Hub for your organization, a service-linked IAM Access Analyzer is automatically created in each member account with no additional configuration required. Security Hub evaluates IAM principals against 90 days of actual access activity, detects unused access, and correlates identity findings with exposure context so teams can focus on the risks that matter most. Security Hub also provides on-demand generation of recommended least-privilege policies based on actual usage patterns, helping teams refine IAM permissions and reduce their attack surface. These capabilities represent a foundational step toward broader cloud infrastructure entitlement management in Security Hub, delivered with consistent workflows, automation rules, and downstream integrations. These capabilities are included with Security Hub Essentials at no additional cost.

To learn more, see Understanding unused access findings in Security Hub in the AWS Security Hub User Guide and the AWS Security Hub product page. For the full list of AWS Regions where Security Hub is available, see the AWS Regional Services List.