terraform-iam-policy-validator ☆
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Description:
CLI to validate AWS IAM policies in Terraform templates for best practices
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Security
Tags: aws terraform security iam devops
Install: brew install terraform-iam-policy-validator
About:
Terraform IAM Policy Validator is a CLI tool that analyzes Terraform templates to identify security risks in AWS IAM policies. It checks for common misconfigurations and violations of IAM best practices, helping teams prevent overly permissive policies before deployment. The tool generates detailed reports to streamline security reviews and compliance checks.
Key Features:
  • Validates IAM policies against AWS best practices and security benchmarks
  • Detects overly permissive permissions and common misconfigurations
  • Generates detailed, actionable security reports
  • Integrates into CI/CD pipelines for automated policy validation
Use Cases:
  • Preventing overly permissive IAM policies in infrastructure-as-code
  • Automated security scanning in CI/CD pipelines
  • Compliance auditing for AWS IAM configurations
Alternatives:
  • tfsec – tfsec is a broader security scanner for Terraform, while terraform-iam-policy-validator focuses specifically on IAM policy best practices.
  • Checkov – Checkov offers multi-cloud security scanning, whereas this tool is specialized for AWS IAM policy validation.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Jan 11, 2026 8:23am 3 REVISION_ONLY 1500f320
Sep 12, 2025 4:29am 1 VERSION_BUMP 892b3d03
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