Cloudwatch log metric filter and alarm are not set for Config 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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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00168
  • credit Snyk Research Team

Description

Monitoring changes to AWS Config configuration helps ensure sustained visibility of configuration items within 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:

$.eventSource=config.amazonaws.com
$.eventName=StopConfigurationRecorder
$.eventName=DeleteDeliveryChannel
$.eventName=PutDeliveryChannel
$.eventName=PutConfigurationRecorder