Deny access to AWS based on the requested AWS Region

This control is commonly referred to as the Region deny control, or landing zone Region deny control.

This control disallows access to unlisted operations in global and regional services outside of the specified Regions. That includes all Regions where AWS Control Tower is not available, as well as all Regions not selected for governance in the Landing zone settings page. Actions are allowed as usual in Regions with Governed status.

Note

Certain global AWS services, such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Organizations, are exempt from data residency controls. Those services are specified in the SCP example code that follows.

This is an elective control with preventive guidance. It is the primary control associated with the Region deny action. For more information, see Configure the Region deny control.

The format for this control is based on the following SCP.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "GRREGIONDENY",
            "Effect": "Deny",
            "NotAction": [
                "a4b:*",
                "access-analyzer:*",
                "account:*",
                "acm:*",
                "activate:*",
                "artifact:*",
                "aws-marketplace-management:*",
                "aws-marketplace:*",
                "aws-portal:*",
                "billing:*",
                "billingconductor:*",
                "budgets:*",
                "ce:*",
                "chatbot:*",
                "chime:*",
                "cloudfront:*",
                "cloudtrail:LookupEvents",
                "compute-optimizer:*",
                "config:*",
                "consoleapp:*",
                "consolidatedbilling:*",
                "cur:*",
                "datapipeline:GetAccountLimits",
                "devicefarm:*",
                "directconnect:*",
                "ec2:DescribeRegions",
                "ec2:DescribeTransitGateways",
                "ec2:DescribeVpnGateways",
                "ecr-public:*",
                "fms:*",
                "freetier:*",
                "globalaccelerator:*",
                "health:*",
                "iam:*",
                "importexport:*",
                "invoicing:*",
                "iq:*",
                "kms:*",
                "license-manager:ListReceivedLicenses",
                "lightsail:Get*",
                "mobileanalytics:*",
                "networkmanager:*",
                "notifications-contacts:*",
                "notifications:*",
                "organizations:*",
                "payments:*",
                "pricing:*",
                "quicksight:DescribeAccountSubscription",
                "resource-explorer-2:*",
                "route53-recovery-cluster:*",
                "route53-recovery-control-config:*",
                "route53-recovery-readiness:*",
                "route53:*",
                "route53domains:*",
                "s3:CreateMultiRegionAccessPoint",
                "s3:DeleteMultiRegionAccessPoint",
                "s3:DescribeMultiRegionAccessPointOperation",
                "s3:GetAccountPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:GetBucketLocation",
                "s3:GetBucketPolicyStatus",
                "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPoint",
                "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicy",
                "s3:GetMultiRegionAccessPointPolicyStatus",
                "s3:GetStorageLensConfiguration",
                "s3:GetStorageLensDashboard",
                "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
                "s3:ListMultiRegionAccessPoints",
                "s3:ListStorageLensConfigurations",
                "s3:PutAccountPublicAccessBlock",
                "s3:PutMultiRegionAccessPointPolicy",
                "savingsplans:*",
                "shield:*",
                "sso:*",
                "sts:*",
                "support:*",
                "supportapp:*",
                "supportplans:*",
                "sustainability:*",
                "tag:GetResources",
                "tax:*",
                "trustedadvisor:*",
                "vendor-insights:ListEntitledSecurityProfiles",
                "waf-regional:*",
                "waf:*",
                "wafv2:*"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Condition": {
                "StringNotEquals": {
                    "aws:RequestedRegion": []
                },
                "ArnNotLike": {
                    "aws:PrincipalARN": [
                        "arn:aws:iam::*:role/AWSControlTowerExecution"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Based on this example SCP format, AWS Control Tower adds your governed Regions into the aws:RequestedRegion statement. You cannot exclude your home Region. Actions not listed in the SCP are not permitted.

Limitations

The OU Region deny control is subject to limitations of the aws:RequestedRegion global condition key and Service Control Policies (SCPs) in general.