CloudWatch log metric filter and alarm are not set for usage of root account Affecting CloudWatch service in AWS
Severity Framework
CCSS (Common Configuration Scoring System) is a set of measures used to determine the severity of the rule.
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
Each rule is associated with a high-level category. For example IAM, Container, Monitoring, Logging, Network, etc.
Monitoring/ Accounts Monitoring
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Description
Monitoring for root account logins provides visibility into the use of a fully privileged account and the opportunity to reduce it.
How to fix?
Create an aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter and aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm with an appropriate pattern attribute set for an aws_cloudwatch_log_group and aws_cloudtrail set of resources.
Use the following pattern attribute set:
$.userIdentity.type=Root
$.userIdentity.invokedByNOTEXISTS
$.eventType!=AwsServiceEvent