Permission Groups Discovery: Cloud Groups

Threat Actors may attempt to find cloud groups and permission settings. The knowledge of cloud permission groups can help Threat Actors determine the particular roles of users and groups within an environment, as well as which users are associated with a particular group.

ID: ATAGS-T1146.003
Sub-technique of:  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.