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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    AWS-Well-Architected CIS-AWS CIS-Controls CSA-CCM HIPAA ISO-27001 NIST-800-53 PCI-DSS
  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00133
  • credit Snyk 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