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AWS Organizations in Prowler

Retrieving AWS Account Details

If AWS Organizations is enabled, Prowler can fetch detailed account information during scans, including:

  • Account Name
  • Email Address
  • ARN
  • Organization ID
  • Tags

These details will be included alongside each security finding in the output.

Enabling AWS Organizations Data Retrieval

To retrieve AWS Organizations account details, use the -O/--organizations-role <organizations_role_arn> argument. If this argument is not provided, Prowler will attempt to fetch the data automatically—provided the AWS account is a delegated administrator for the AWS Organization.

Note

For more information on AWS Organizations delegated administrator, refer to the official documentation here.

The following command is an example:

prowler aws \
  -O arn:aws:iam::<management_organizations_account_id>:role/<role_name>
Note

Ensure the IAM role used in your AWS Organizations management account has the following permissions:organizations:DescribeAccount and organizations:ListTagsForResource.

Prowler will scan the AWS account and get the account details from AWS Organizations.

Handling JSON Output

In Prowler’s JSON output, tags are encoded in Base64 to prevent formatting errors in CSV or JSON outputs. This ensures compatibility when exporting findings.

  "Account Email": "[email protected]",
  "Account Name": "my-prod-account",
  "Account ARN": "arn:aws:organizations::222222222222:account/o-abcde1234/111111111111",
  "Account Organization": "o-abcde1234",
  "Account tags": "\"eyJUYWdzIjpasf0=\""

The additional fields in CSV header output are as follows:

  • ACCOUNT_DETAILS_EMAIL
  • ACCOUNT_DETAILS_NAME
  • ACCOUNT_DETAILS_ARN
  • ACCOUNT_DETAILS_ORG
  • ACCOUNT_DETAILS_TAGS

Extra: Run Prowler across all accounts in AWS Organizations by assuming roles

Running Prowler Across All AWS Organization Accounts

  1. To run Prowler across all accounts in AWS Organizations, first retrieve a list of accounts that are not suspended:

    ACCOUNTS_IN_ORGS=$(aws organizations list-accounts \
  --query "Accounts[?Status=='ACTIVE'].Id" \
  --output text \
)

  2. Then run Prowler to assume a role (same in all members) per each account:

    for accountId in $ACCOUNTS_IN_ORGS;
do
  prowler aws \
    -O arn:aws:iam::<management_organizations_account_id>:role/<role_name> \
    -R arn:aws:iam::"${accountId}":role/<role_name>;
done
Note

This same loop structure can be adapted to scan a predefined list of accounts using a variable like the following:
ACCOUNTS_LIST='11111111111 2222222222 333333333'