iamfast vs policy_sentry

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iamfast		policy_sentry
	Project
1	Mentions	5
159	Stars	1,940
-	Growth	0.3%
7.7	Activity	8.1
4 months ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
JavaScript	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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iamfast

Posts with mentions or reviews of iamfast. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

iamfast
1 project | /r/devopspro | 24 Jan 2023

policy_sentry

Posts with mentions or reviews of policy_sentry. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-20.

AWS Creates New Policy-Based Access Control Language Cedar
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2023

All of the sdks support client side monitoring (CSM), so these sort of tools can be built client side. https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/1.10.46/gui...
afaics the only challenge is mapping some of the apis to iam as its only 85% 1:1
There's also tools for helping with iam like (generator, and linter)
https://github.com/salesforce/policy_sentry
https://github.com/duo-labs/parliament
Policy Sentry - IAM Least Privilege Policy Generator
2 projects | dev.to | 7 Jun 2022

It is an open source initiative from Salesforce. Using Policy Sentry, it is easy to automate the creation of IAM policies with little knowledge on security.
Starting your Cloud Security Journey
3 projects | dev.to | 4 Oct 2021

You can use tools like policy_sentry to create least privilege IAM policies.
I built a tool which automatically suggests least-privilege IAM policies
3 projects | /r/aws | 6 Apr 2021

The tool is in a similar space to iamlive, policy_sentry, and consoleme (all of which are worth checking out too if you're interested in making AWS security easier) but the main points of difference I see are:
Show HN: Endgame – An AWS Pentesting tool to backdoor or expose AWS resources
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Feb 2021

@kmcquade ur awesome ! we are users of https://github.com/salesforce/policy_sentry and definitely definitely https://github.com/salesforce/cloudsplaining .
If I could give you guys money, I would. You should totally build a startup around it.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing iamfast and policy_sentry you can also consider the following projects:

iamlive - Generate an IAM policy from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (GCP) calls using client-side monitoring (CSM) or embedded proxy

consoleme - A Central Control Plane for AWS Permissions and Access

PMapper - A tool for quickly evaluating IAM permissions in AWS.

terraform-aws-policy-sentry - Terraform module for Policy Sentry.

cloudsplaining - Cloudsplaining is an AWS IAM Security Assessment tool that identifies violations of least privilege and generates a risk-prioritized report.

aws-leastprivilege - Generates an IAM policy for the CloudFormation service role that adheres to least privilege.

endgame - An AWS Pentesting tool that lets you use one-liner commands to backdoor an AWS account's resources with a rogue AWS account - or share the resources with the entire internet 😈

cartography - Cartography is a Python tool that consolidates infrastructure assets and the relationships between them in an intuitive graph view powered by a Neo4j database.

cloudquery - The open source high performance ELT framework powered by Apache Arrow

cel-spec - Common Expression Language -- specification and binary representation

parliament - AWS IAM linting library