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- EC2 Volume – Enable EBS Encryption
- EC2 Volume – Enable EBS Volume Backup
- EFS – Enable EFS Storage Backup
- EC2 Instance – Enable Deletion Protection
- EC2 Instance – Monitor CPU Utilization
- ECS Service – Monitor CPU Utilization
- ECS Service – Monitor Memory Utilization
- EC2 VPC – Ensure Flow Logs are Enabled
- S3 Bucket – Block S3 Bucket Public Access
- S3 Bucket – Enable S3 Bucket Versioning
- S3 Bucket – Enable S3 Bucket Encryption
- RDS DB Instance – Enable Auto Minor Version Upgrade
- RDS DB Instance – Block Public Access
- RDS DB Instance – Monitor Free Storage Space
- RDS DB Instance – Monitor CPU Utilization
- RDS DB Instance – Encryption of Storage
- RDS DB Instance – Enable Deletion Protection
- SQS Queue – Monitor Message Age
- SQS Queue – Monitor Message Visibility
- DynamoDB Table – Enable Table Encryption
- DynamoDB Table – Enable Table Point In Time Recovery
- DynamoDB Table – Enable Table Deletion Protection
- DynamoDB Table – Monitor Table Read Capacity
- DynamoDB Table – Monitor Table Write Capacity
- DynamoDB Table – Monitor Table Latency
- Enable User MFA
- Enforce Key Rotation
- Enforce Active Key Limit
- Disable Unused User Credentials
- Enforce Group Permission
- Enable AWS Security Hub
- Enforce Password Length
- Prohibit Password Reuse
- Purge Expired Certificates
- Check Root Access Keys Existence
- Enable Root MFA
- Establish Support Role
- Enable Key Rotation
- Encrypt CloudTrail Logs
- Enable GuardDuty
Enable CloudTrail
This check ensures that AWS CloudTrail is enabled to record API activity across your AWS account. CloudTrail provides visibility into user actions, resource changes, and helps with security auditing, compliance, and incident investigation.
Check Details
- Resource: General
- Check: Enable CloudTrail
- Risk: Lack of visibility into account activity and security incidents
Remediation via AWS Console
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open
AWS CloudTrail.
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Open Trails.
If you see Get started now, click it,
or click Add new trail.
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Configure trail details:
- Trail name: Enter a name (example:
organization-cloudtrail) - Multi-region trail: Leave enabled (recommended)
- S3 bucket: Choose an existing bucket or create a new one
- Log file encryption (KMS): Select an existing KMS key alias or create a new key
- Trail name: Enter a name (example:
- Click Next.
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Enable Management events.
Under API activity, ensure both
Read and Write are selected.
- Click Next, review the configuration, and click Create trail.
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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Create a new multi-region CloudTrail:
aws cloudtrail create-trail \ --name <trail-name> \ --bucket-name <s3-bucket-for-cloudtrail> \ --is-multi-region-trail -
Enable multi-region logging for an existing trail:
aws cloudtrail update-trail \ --name <trail-name> \ --is-multi-region-trail
Ensure CloudTrail is enabled in all AWS regions and that logs are being delivered to the configured S3 bucket.