Least privilege: the golden rule of cloud audit
Least privilege is not a slogan: it is the trust condition for connecting an audit tool to your cloud.
An IAM pre-check must verify the absence of write rights. Otherwise the scan stops — even if that frustrates the operator.
This posture aligns with zero trust and reassures SMEs and MSPs who refuse to delegate admin rights “for convenience”.
Read-only ≠ no value
You can detect waste, exposures and backup gaps without ever modifying a resource.