Permission Groups Discovery

Threat actors may attempt to discover group and permission settings. This information can help Threat actors determine which user accounts and groups are available, the membership of users in particular groups, and which users and groups have elevated permissions.

ID: ATAGS-T1146
Tactic: Discovery
Targeted Components: Cloud Control Plane
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.