A 2018 Access Key. Still Active in Production. Here's the Python Script That Found It Across an Entire AWS Organization.

📰 Dev.to · Gerardo Castro Arica

Discover how to identify inactive access keys in an AWS organization using a Python script and improve IAM security

intermediate Published 7 Mar 2026
Action Steps
  1. Run a Python script to scan an entire AWS organization for inactive access keys
  2. Configure the script to use the AWS IAM API to fetch access key information
  3. Test the script in a non-production environment before running it in production
  4. Apply the script to identify inactive access keys and remove them to improve security
  5. Compare the results with the current IAM state to ensure accuracy
Who Needs to Know This

DevOps and security teams can benefit from this script to identify and remove inactive access keys, improving the security of their AWS organization

Key Insight

💡 Inactive access keys can pose a significant security risk, and using a Python script can help identify and remove them

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A few weeks ago I sat down to review the IAM state of a multi-account AWS Organization. It wasn't a...
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