---
names:
  full: AWS RDS Snapshot is publicly accessible
  contextual: Snapshot is publicly accessible
description: Ensure that your AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) database snapshots
  are not publicly accessible (i.e. shared with all AWS accounts and users) in order
  to avoid exposing your private data.
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - SECURITY
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/public-data-access"
  - "/frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/01"
similarPolicies:
  awsSecurityHub:
    - name: "[RDS.1] RDS snapshot should be private"
      url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/rds-controls.html#rds-1
  internal:
    - dec-x-b3342905
  cloudConformity:
    - url: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/RDS/public-snapshots.html
      name: Amazon RDS Public Snapshots