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- Enable User MFA
- Enforce Key Rotation
- Enforce Active Key Limit
- Disable Unused User Credentials
- Enforce Group Permission
- Enable CloudTrail
- Enable AWS Security Hub
- Enforce Password Length
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EC2 Instance – Monitor CPU Utilization
This check ensures that EC2 instances are monitored for CPU utilization using Amazon CloudWatch. Monitoring CPU usage helps detect performance issues, capacity bottlenecks, and unexpected workload spikes.
Check Details
- Resource: EC2 Instance
- Check: Monitor EC2 instance CPU utilization
- Risk: Performance degradation due to unmonitored CPU usage
Remediation via AWS Console
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and open
Amazon CloudWatch.
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Navigate to Metrics → All metrics →
EC2.
- Select the EC2 instance(s) you want to monitor.
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Under CPUUtilization, ensure monitoring is enabled.
If detailed monitoring is not enabled, click
Actions → Manage detailed monitoring →
Enable.
Remediation via AWS CLI
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Log in to the AWS Management Console and click the
CloudShell icon (
>_) in the top-right corner.
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Enable detailed monitoring on the EC2 instance:
aws ec2 monitor-instances --instance-ids <INSTANCE_ID>