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This page describes the Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles
and permissions for Config Controller. To help you control access,
Config Controller uses IAM roles and permissions.
IAM lets you grant granular access to specific Google Cloud
resources and helps prevent access to other resources.
Roles
Config Controller has predefined roles. The following table lists these roles
and the permissions that the roles include:
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