AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans - AWS Managed Policy

AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans

Description: Provides AWS Backup permission to perform malware scans on your AWS Backup Recovery Points

AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans is an AWS managed policy.

Using this policy

You can attach AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans to your users, groups, and roles.

Policy details

  • Type: AWS managed policy

  • Creation time: November 20, 2025, 03:34 UTC

  • Edited time: November 20, 2025, 03:34 UTC

  • ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans

Policy version

Policy version: v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.

JSON policy document

{ "Version" : "2012-10-17", "Statement" : [ { "Sid" : "GuardDutyMalwareScanPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "guardduty:StartMalwareScan", "guardduty:GetMalwareScan" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "IAMPassPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "iam:PassRole", "Resource" : "*", "Condition" : { "StringEquals" : { "iam:PassedToService" : "malware-protection.guardduty.amazonaws.com" } } }, { "Sid" : "EC2ReadAPIPermissions", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ec2:DescribeImages", "ec2:DescribeSnapshots" ], "Resource" : "*" } ] }

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