{"slug":"iam-aws-sqs","cloud":"aws","service":"sqs","title":"AWS SQS (IAM)","description":"Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service for decoupling and scaling microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.","category":"messaging","common_permissions":["sqs:ListQueues","sqs:GetQueueUrl","sqs:GetQueueAttributes","sqs:DeleteMessage","sqs:TagQueue","sqs:ListQueueTags"],"least_privilege_example":"{\n  \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\",\n  \"Statement\": [\n    {\n      \"Effect\": \"Allow\",\n      \"Action\": [\n        \"sqs:ListQueues\",\n        \"sqs:GetQueueUrl\",\n        \"sqs:GetQueueAttributes\",\n        \"sqs:DeleteMessage\",\n        \"sqs:TagQueue\",\n        \"sqs:ListQueueTags\"\n      ],\n      \"Resource\": \"*\"\n    }\n  ]\n}","warnings":["Avoid sqs:* — grants full control including delete queues and purge messages","Avoid sqs:DeleteQueue unless needed — can permanently remove queues"],"docs":"https://servicereference.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/sqs/sqs.json","tags":["iam","aws"],"last_verified":"2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","created_at":"2026-06-14T04:48:55.212Z","updated_at":"2026-06-14T04:48:55.212Z"}