Technical Concepts

Attributable session name

The naming rule that lets your CloudTrail distinguish one engagement's access from another's, enforced by the role's own trust policy.

Currentengine 9.0.0Verified 2026-08-30

What it is

Every session GovIntel opens in your account is named after the engagement and the run that created it, beginning govintel-.

Why it is enforced rather than conventional

The trust policy requires it. A session whose name does not match the pattern cannot be created at all, so the attribution is a property of the access rather than a convention GovIntel follows.

What a constant name would cost

You would be able to see that GovIntel acted, and nothing about which engagement or which run. For a product sold on auditability that is indefensible: activity in your account could not be reconciled against the assessments you commissioned.

How to use it

Filter your CloudTrail on the assumed-role session name. Every call the assessment made appears under it.

What it does not mean

The session name is not a credential and not a secret. It is an identifier, and it is meant to be read.