shield:DescribeAttackContributors

Read

shield:DescribeAttackContributors is a Read access-level action in the shield service. Grants permission to get detailed information about the contributors to a specific DDoS attack

Resource types

ARNs that shield:DescribeAttackContributors can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:shield::${Account}:attack/${Id}

attack

arn:${Partition}:shield::${Account}:protection-group/${Id}

protection-group

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants shield:DescribeAttackContributors.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters actions based on tag key-value pairs attached to the resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows shield:DescribeAttackContributors. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowShieldDescribeAttackContributors",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "shield:DescribeAttackContributors",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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