---
names:
  full: "AWS RDS Instance Enhanced Monitoring is not enabled"
  contextual: "Instance Enhanced Monitoring is not enabled"
description: >
  Enhanced Monitoring provides real-time metrics for the operating system that your 
  Amazon RDS DB instance runs on. This helps in identifying performance issues 
  and understanding resource utilization at a more granular level than standard 
  CloudWatch metrics.
type: "COMPLIANCE_POLICY"
categories:
  - "PERFORMANCE"
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/logging-and-monitoring/logging-and-monitoring-configuration"
  - "/frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/06"
similarPolicies:
  awsSecurityHub:
    - name: "[RDS.6] Enhanced monitoring should be configured for RDS DB instances"
      url: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/rds-controls.html#rds-6"