Permissions and Resources

This document outlines the permissions required for installing and operating various Sysdig features on Oracle Cloud, as well as the resources that will be created in your Oracle Cloud environment.

Base Integration - Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Agentless Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) assesses and manages the security posture of your cloud resources without requiring agents. It uses API access to gather information and identify potential security risks across the cloud infrastructure, providing a non-intrusive way to assess security configurations and compliance issues.

Permissions Required to Install

The Installer must have at least the following policies assigned in the root Compartment of the Tenancy being onboarded:

Policy StatementDescription
Allow to manage policies in Required to create the Admit policy in the root Compartment.
Allow to manage users in Required to create the CSPM User in the default identity domain.
Allow to manage groups in Required to create the CSPM User Group in the default identity domain.

Permissions Granted to Sysdig

Sysdig will be granted the following permissions in your tenancy:

PolicyPolicy StatementDescription
AdmitSysdigSecureTenantOnboarding-XXXXAdmit group onboardingGroup of tenancy sysdigTenancy to inspect tenancies in tenancyAllows Sysdig to retrieve Tenancy information
AdmitSysdigSecureTenantOnboarding-XXXXAdmit group onboardingGroup of tenancy sysdigTenancy to inspect compartments in tenancyAllows Sysdig to list compartments in your Tenancy.
AllowSysdigSecureTenantConfigPosture-XXXXAllow group SysdigSecureConfigPostureGroup-XXXX to read all-resources in tenancyAllows Sysdig to list resources within your Tenancy.

Resources Created

The following resources will be created in your Oracle Cloud Environment:

ResourceDescription
oci_identity_policyCross Tenancy IAM Policy with the name AdmitSysdigSecureTenantOnboarding-XXXX. This policy is used to manage the lifecycle of your Sysdig integration.
oci_identity_userIAM User for CSPM. This will be created in the default identity domain.
oci_identity_groupIAM Group for CSPM. This will be created in the default identity domain.
oci_identity_policyIAM Policy for CSPM.
oci_identity_api_keyAPI Key for the CSPM User. This key will be used to access this User from the Sysdig Backend.