shield

39 actions in the shield service. Select an action to see its access level, resource ARNs, condition keys, and a copy-paste IAM policy.

shield:AssociateDRTLogBucket

Write

Grants permission to authorize the DDoS Response team to access the specified Amazon S3 bucket containing your flow logs

shield:AssociateDRTRole

Write

Grants permission to authorize the DDoS Response team using the specified role, to access your AWS account to assist with DDoS attack mitigation during potential attacks

shield:AssociateHealthCheck

Write

Grants permission to add health-based detection to the Shield Advanced protection for a resource

shield:AssociateProactiveEngagementDetails

Write

Grants permission to initialize proactive engagement and set the list of contacts for the DDoS Response Team (DRT) to use

shield:CreateProtection

Write

Grants permission to activate DDoS protection service for a given resource ARN

shield:CreateProtectionGroup

Write

Grants permission to create a grouping of protected resources so they can be handled as a collective

shield:CreateSubscription

Write

Grants permission to activate subscription

shield:DeleteProtection

Write

Grants permission to delete an existing protection

shield:DeleteProtectionGroup

Write

Grants permission to remove the specified protection group

shield:DeleteSubscription

Write

Grants permission to deactivate subscription

shield:DescribeAttack

Read

Grants permission to get attack details. For getting attack details protected by AWS WAF anti-DDoS managed rule group, this action additionally calls wafv2:DescribeTopContributorsByEvent to retrieve application layer attack contributors, which requires to have wafv2:DescribeTopContributorsByEvent permission in IAM policy

shield:DescribeAttackContributors

Read

Grants permission to get detailed information about the contributors to a specific DDoS attack

shield:DescribeAttackStatistics

Read

Grants permission to describe information about the number and type of attacks AWS Shield has detected in the last year

shield:DescribeDRTAccess

Read

Grants permission to describe the current role and list of Amazon S3 log buckets used by the DDoS Response team to access your AWS account while assisting with attack mitigation

shield:DescribeEmergencyContactSettings

Read

Grants permission to list the email addresses that the DRT can use to contact you during a suspected attack

shield:DescribeProtection

Read

Grants permission to get protection details

shield:DescribeProtectionGroup

Read

Grants permission to describe the specification for the specified protection group

shield:DescribeSubscription

Read

Grants permission to get subscription details, such as start time

shield:DisableApplicationLayerAutomaticResponse

Write

Grants permission to disable application layer automatic response for Shield Advanced protection for a resource

shield:DisableProactiveEngagement

Write

Grants permission to remove authorization from the DDoS Response Team (DRT) to notify contacts about escalations

shield:DisassociateDRTLogBucket

Write

Grants permission to remove the DDoS Response team's access to the specified Amazon S3 bucket containing your flow logs

shield:DisassociateDRTRole

Write

Grants permission to remove the DDoS Response team's access to your AWS account

shield:DisassociateHealthCheck

Write

Grants permission to remove health-based detection from the Shield Advanced protection for a resource

shield:EnableApplicationLayerAutomaticResponse

Write

Grants permission to enable application layer automatic response for Shield Advanced protection for a resource

shield:EnableProactiveEngagement

Write

Grants permission to authorize the DDoS Response Team (DRT) to use email and phone to notify contacts about escalations

shield:GetGlobalThreatData

Read

Grants permission to retrieve global threat intelligence data and trends from AWS Shield's threat monitoring systems

shield:GetSubscriptionState

Read

Grants permission to get subscription state

shield:ListAttacks

List

Grants permission to list all existing attacks

shield:ListMitigations

List

Grants permission to retrieve a list of mitigation actions that have been applied during DDoS attacks

shield:ListProtectionGroups

List

Grants permission to retrieve the protection groups for the account

shield:ListProtections

List

Grants permission to list all existing protections

shield:ListResourcesInProtectionGroup

List

Grants permission to retrieve the resources that are included in the protection group

shield:ListTagsForResource

Read

Grants permission to get information about AWS tags for a specified Amazon Resource Name (ARN) in AWS Shield

shield:TagResource

Tagging

Grants permission to add or updates tags for a resource in AWS Shield

shield:UntagResource

Tagging

Grants permission to remove tags from a resource in AWS Shield

shield:UpdateApplicationLayerAutomaticResponse

Write

Grants permission to update application layer automatic response for Shield Advanced protection for a resource

shield:UpdateEmergencyContactSettings

Write

Grants permission to update the details of the list of email addresses that the DRT can use to contact you during a suspected attack

shield:UpdateProtectionGroup

Write

Grants permission to update an existing protection group

shield:UpdateSubscription

Write

Grants permission to update the details of an existing subscription