Decide what each policy layer permits, which attribute source can be trusted, and whether audit evidence covers the operation in question. A denied call and a missing event require different investigations.
Review these lessons
- Cloud policy decisions: trace every authorization layer
- Delegated role creation: constrain both the new role and its use
- Tag-based access: defend the attribute write path
- Service-principal trust: bind the caller to the intended source
- Temporary sessions: preserve caller lineage through role chains
- Encryption-key grants: inventory and retire temporary authority
- Audit trails: prove which data-plane actions are recorded
- Audit log integrity: verify delivery and digest continuity
Other checks
Common Mistakes
- Do not mistake a permissions ceiling for an allow.
- Do not infer complete event coverage from a valid log digest.