# AmazonGuardDutyServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Enable access to AWS Resources used or managed by Amazon Guard Duty

`AmazonGuardDutyServiceRolePolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: November 28, 2017, 20:12 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** March 25, 2026, 20:57 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AmazonGuardDutyServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v11 (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
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyGetDescribeListPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayAttachments",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:GetEncryptionConfiguration",
        "s3:GetBucketTagging",
        "s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
        "s3:GetBucketAcl",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicy",
        "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
        "lambda:GetFunctionConfiguration",
        "lambda:ListTags",
        "eks:ListClusters",
        "eks:DescribeCluster",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcEndpointServices",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
        "ecs:ListClusters",
        "ecs:DescribeClusters"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateSLRPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "iam:AWSServiceName" : "malware-protection.guardduty.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateVpcEndpointPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "GuardDutyManaged"
        },
        "StringLike" : {
          "ec2:VpceServiceName" : [
            "com.amazonaws.*.guardduty-data",
            "com.amazonaws.*.guardduty-data-fips"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyModifyDeleteVpcEndpointPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcEndpoints"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged" : false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateModifyVpcEndpointNetworkPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateVpcEndpoint",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcEndpoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:subnet/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateTagsDuringVpcEndpointCreationPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc-endpoint/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : "CreateVpcEndpoint"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutySecurityGroupManagementPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
        "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
        "ec2:DeleteSecurityGroup"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged" : false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateSecurityGroupPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "aws:RequestTag/GuardDutyManaged" : "*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateSecurityGroupForVpcPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:vpc/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateTagsDuringSecurityGroupCreationPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:security-group/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : "CreateSecurityGroup"
        },
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyCreateEksAddonPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "eks:CreateAddon",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyEksAddonManagementPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "eks:DeleteAddon",
        "eks:UpdateAddon",
        "eks:DescribeAddon"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:eks:*:*:addon/*/aws-guardduty-agent/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyEksClusterTagResourcePolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "eks:TagResource",
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:eks:*:*:cluster/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : "GuardDutyManaged"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "GuardDutyEcsPutAccountSettingsDefaultPolicy",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ecs:PutAccountSettingDefault",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ecs:account-setting" : [
            "guardDutyActivate"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SsmCreateDescribeUpdateDeleteStartAssociationPermission",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:DescribeAssociation",
        "ssm:DeleteAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation",
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:StartAssociationsOnce"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SsmAddTagsToResourcePermission",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:AddTagsToResource"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:association/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAllValues:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:TagKeys" : [
            "GuardDutyManaged"
          ]
        },
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/GuardDutyManaged" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SsmCreateUpdateAssociationInstanceDocumentPermission",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ssm:CreateAssociation",
        "ssm:UpdateAssociation"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AmazonGuardDuty-ConfigureRuntimeMonitoringSsmPlugin"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SsmSendCommandPermission",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ssm:SendCommand",
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*",
        "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AmazonGuardDuty-ConfigureRuntimeMonitoringSsmPlugin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "SsmGetCommandStatus",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "ssm:GetCommandInvocation",
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CloudTrailCreateServiceLinkedChannelSid",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudtrail:CreateServiceLinkedChannel"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:cloudtrail:*:*:channel/aws-service-channel/guardduty/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)