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7/13/2026
Catch Risky IAM in Your CDK App Before cdk deploy

Catch Risky IAM in Your CDK App Before cdk deploy

Short summary

Shieldly's @shieldly/cdk-guard runs AI-powered security analysis on synthesized CDK stacks to flag risky IAM policies and CloudFormation misconfigurations before deployment. It catches wildcard actions, unconstrained iam:PassRole, permission inflation, and missing condition keys. The tool integrates as a CLI wrapper or construct, exits non-zero on high-severity findings to block deploys, and offers a free tier with 20 daily analysis units.

  • •AI-powered CDK guard flags risky IAM policies at synth time before cdk deploy
  • •Catches wildcard actions, unconstrained PassRole, permission inflation, and missing conditions
  • •Free tier offers 20 analysis units/day; Builder plan at $19/mo for 150 units/day

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