CloudWatch log metric filter and alarm are not set for CloudTrail configuration changes Affecting CloudWatch service in AWS


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
Monitoring/ Accounts Monitoring

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Frameworks
AWS-Well-ArchitectedCIS-AWSCIS-ControlsCSA-CCMHIPAAISO-27001NIST-800-53PCI-DSS
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00133
  • creditSnyk Research Team

Description

Monitoring changes to CloudTrail configurations helps ensure sustained visibility into activities performed in the AWS account.

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:

$.eventName=CreateTrail
$.eventName=UpdateTrail
$.eventName=DeleteTrail
$.eventName=StartLogging
$.eventName=StopLogging