SECOPS

Human-approval gate for new AdministratorAccess grants

Detects when an IAM principal is granted admin-level access via Axiom logs, holds the grant in a pending state.

CategorySecOps
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps6
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerAxiom admin-grant eventAxiom
  • LogicConfirm policy is admin-equivalent
  • ActionSend Slack approval requestSlack
  • LogicBranch on approval / timeout
  • ActionRevoke policy if not approvedAWS S3
  • OutputPost decision to Slack threadSlack

What it does

When any IAM identity is granted admin-equivalent access, this workflow intercepts the event from Axiom's normalized log stream, opens a time-boxed approval request in Slack with Approve and Revoke buttons, and acts on the human decision. Unanswered requests default to revoke, so a privileged grant never lingers without an owner signing off.

When to use it

Use this when admin grants are rare and always need a named approver — common in regulated environments where SOC 2 or FedRAMP requires that privileged access changes have explicit authorization. It turns an after-the-fact audit finding into a real-time control.

How it works

  1. 1Axiom emits a parsed event for an admin-level policy attachment and triggers the run.
  2. 2A logic step confirms the policy is truly admin-equivalent (AdministratorAccess, IAMFullAccess, or a wildcard action).
  3. 3A Slack interactive message goes to the security approvers channel with grant details and Approve/Revoke buttons.
  4. 4The decision branches: an approval logs and closes the request; a revoke or timeout calls the IAM API to detach the policy.
  5. 5The outcome is written back to Slack as a threaded reply for the record.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect AxiomLog streams, queries, dashboards.
  2. 2
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  3. 3
    Connect AWS S3Buckets, objects, signed URLs.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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