# AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess
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**Description**: This policy grants users permissions to create and manage backup access points for accessing backup data in recovery points through S3 access points.

`AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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You can attach `AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess` to your users, groups, and roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: AWS managed policy 
+ **Creation time**: August 06, 2026, 16:12 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** August 06, 2026, 16:12 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBackupAccessPointOperatorAccess`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateBackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup:CreateBackupAccessPoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:backup:*:*:recovery-point:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "BackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup:DescribeBackupAccessPoint",
        "backup:DeleteBackupAccessPoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:backup:*:*:accesspoint/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "ListBackupAccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPoints",
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByResource",
        "backup:ListBackupAccessPointsByRecoveryPoint"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "S3AccessPointPermissions",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "s3:CreateAccessPoint",
        "s3:DeleteAccessPoint",
        "s3:GetAccessPoint",
        "s3:PutAccessPointPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:s3:*:*:accesspoint/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" : {
          "aws:CalledVia" : "backup.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "DecryptKMSEncryptedDataByAWSBackup",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource" : "arn:aws:kms:*:*:key/*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringLike" : {
          "kms:ViaService" : "backup.*.amazonaws.com",
          "kms:EncryptionContext:aws:backup:backup-vault" : "*"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Create a permission set using AWS managed policies in IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtocreatepermissionset.html) 
+ [Adding and removing IAM identity permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_manage-attach-detach.html) 
+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)