diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1bbfdbc9d..8ce7773e25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ This script has been written in bash using AWS-CLI and it works in Linux and OSX
     ./prowler -M mono | aws s3 cp - s3://bucket-name/prowler-report.txt
     ```
 
-1. To perform an assessment based on CIS Profile Definitions you can use cislevel1 or cislevel2 with `-c` flag, more information about this [here, page 8](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/compliance/AWS_CIS_Foundations_Benchmark.pdf):
+1. To perform an assessment based on CIS Profile Definitions you can use cislevel1 or cislevel2 with `-g` flag, more information about this [here, page 8](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/compliance/AWS_CIS_Foundations_Benchmark.pdf):
 
     ```sh
     ./prowler -g cislevel1
diff --git a/checks/check26 b/checks/check26
index 41281b5646..18d92545d6 100644
--- a/checks/check26
+++ b/checks/check26
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ check26(){
 
       if [[ $CLOUDTRAILBUCKET ]];then
         bucket=$CLOUDTRAILBUCKET
-        if [ "$CLOUDTRAIL_ACCOUNT_ID" == "$ACCOUNT_ID" ];then
+        if [ "$CLOUDTRAIL_ACCOUNT_ID" == "$ACCOUNT_NUM" ];then
           CLOUDTRAILBUCKET_LOGENABLED=$($AWSCLI s3api get-bucket-logging --bucket $bucket $PROFILE_OPT --region $REGION --query 'LoggingEnabled.TargetBucket' --output text|grep -v None)
           if [[ $CLOUDTRAILBUCKET_LOGENABLED ]];then
             textPass "Bucket access logging enabled in CloudTrail S3 bucket $bucket for $trail"
diff --git a/checks/check_extra770 b/checks/check_extra770
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f39de56471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/check_extra770
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Prowler - the handy cloud security tool (copyright 2018) by Toni de la Fuente
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+# of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+# under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+# CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+CHECK_ID_extra770="7.70"
+CHECK_TITLE_extra770="[extra770] Check for internet facing EC2 instances with Instance Profiles attached (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+CHECK_SCORED_extra770="NOT_SCORED"
+CHECK_TYPE_extra770="EXTRA"
+CHECK_ALTERNATE_check770="extra770"
+
+extra770(){
+  # "Check for internet facing EC2 Instances (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+  textInfo "Looking for instances in all regions...  "
+  for regx in $REGIONS; do
+    LIST_OF_PUBLIC_INSTANCES_WITH_INSTANCE_PROFILES=$($AWSCLI ec2 describe-instances $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[?((IamInstanceProfile!=`null` && PublicIpAddress!=`null`))].[InstanceId,PublicIpAddress,IamInstanceProfile.Arn]' --output text)
+    if [[ $LIST_OF_PUBLIC_INSTANCES_WITH_INSTANCE_PROFILES ]];then
+      while read -r instance;do
+        INSTANCE_ID=$(echo $instance | awk '{ print $1; }')
+        PUBLIC_IP=$(echo $instance | awk '{ print $2; }')
+        INSTANCE_PROFILE=$(echo $instance | awk '{ print $3; }')
+        textFail "$regx: Instance: $INSTANCE_ID at IP: $PUBLIC_IP is internet-facing with Instance Profile $INSTANCE_PROFILE" "$regx"
+      done <<< "$LIST_OF_PUBLIC_INSTANCES_WITH_INSTANCE_PROFILES"
+      else
+        textPass "$regx: no Internet Facing EC2 Instances with Instance Profiles found" "$regx"
+    fi
+  done
+}
diff --git a/groups/group7_extras b/groups/group7_extras
index c9eaa5ad63..12afb988ee 100644
--- a/groups/group7_extras
+++ b/groups/group7_extras
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GROUP_ID[7]='extras'
 GROUP_NUMBER[7]='7.0'
 GROUP_TITLE[7]='Extras - [extras] **********************************************'
 GROUP_RUN_BY_DEFAULT[7]='Y' # run it when execute_all is called
-GROUP_CHECKS[7]='extra71,extra72,extra73,extra74,extra75,extra76,extra77,extra78,extra79,extra710,extra711,extra712,extra713,extra714,extra715,extra716,extra717,extra718,extra719,extra720,extra721,extra722,extra723,extra724,extra725,extra726,extra727,extra728,extra729,extra730,extra731,extra732,extra733,extra734,extra735,extra736,extra737,extra738,extra739,extra740,extra741,extra742,extra743,extra744,extra745,extra746,extra747,extra748,extra749,extra750,extra751,extra752,extra753,extra754,extra755,extra756,extra757,extra758,extra761,extra762,extra763,extra764,extra765,extra766,extra767,extra768,extra769'
+GROUP_CHECKS[7]='extra71,extra72,extra73,extra74,extra75,extra76,extra77,extra78,extra79,extra710,extra711,extra712,extra713,extra714,extra715,extra716,extra717,extra718,extra719,extra720,extra721,extra722,extra723,extra724,extra725,extra726,extra727,extra728,extra729,extra730,extra731,extra732,extra733,extra734,extra735,extra736,extra737,extra738,extra739,extra740,extra741,extra742,extra743,extra744,extra745,extra746,extra747,extra748,extra749,extra750,extra751,extra752,extra753,extra754,extra755,extra756,extra757,extra758,extra761,extra762,extra763,extra764,extra765,extra766,extra767,extra768,extra769,extra770,extra771'
 
 # Extras 759 and 760 (lambda variables and code secrets finder are not included)
 # to run detect-secrets use `./prowler -g secrets`
diff --git a/iam/prowler-additions-policy.json b/iam/prowler-additions-policy.json
index c706b6f487..c95b05f202 100644
--- a/iam/prowler-additions-policy.json
+++ b/iam/prowler-additions-policy.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "Statement": [
       {
           "Action": [
+              "access-analyzer:List*",
               "apigateway:get*",
               "apigatewayv2:get*",
               "aws-marketplace:viewsubscriptions",
@@ -103,4 +104,4 @@
           "Resource": "*"
       }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index fb60a32f41..437b72941c 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ USAGE:
       -b                  do not print Prowler banner
       -V                  show version number & exit
       -s                  show scoring report
+      -x                  specify external directory with custom checks (i.e. /my/own/checks, files must start by "check")
       -h                  this help
   "
   exit
 }
 
-while getopts ":hlLkp:r:c:g:f:m:M:E:enbVs" OPTION; do
+while getopts ":hlLkp:r:c:g:f:m:M:E:enbVsx:" OPTION; do
    case $OPTION in
      h )
         usage
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ while getopts ":hlLkp:r:c:g:f:m:M:E:enbVs" OPTION; do
      s )
         SCORING=1
         ;;
+     x )
+        EXTERNAL_CHECKS_PATH=$OPTARG
+        ;;
      : )
         echo ""
         echo "$OPTRED ERROR!$OPTNORMAL  -$OPTARG requires an argument"
@@ -185,6 +189,13 @@ for checks in $(ls $PROWLER_DIR/checks/check*|grep -v check_sample); do
 	. "$checks"
 done
 
+# include checks if external folder is specified 
+if [[ $EXTERNAL_CHECKS_PATH ]]; then 
+  for checks in $(ls $EXTERNAL_CHECKS_PATH/check*); do
+	. "$checks"
+  done
+fi 
+
 # Function to show the title of the check
 # using this way instead of arrays to keep bash3 (osx) and bash4(linux) compatibility
 show_check_title() {