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🛡️ AWS CloudTrail AWS Organizations Changes Monitoring is not enabled🟢⚪

  • Contextual name: 🛡️ AWS Organizations Changes Monitoring is not enabled🟢⚪
  • ID: /ce/ca/aws/cloudtrail/aws-organizations-changes-monitoring
  • Tags:
  • Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
  • Policy Categories: SECURITY

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Description​

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Description​

Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing CloudTrail Logs to CloudWatch Logs or an external Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) environment, and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms.

It is recommended that a metric filter and alarm be established for changes made to AWS Organizations in the master AWS account.

Rationale​

CloudWatch is an AWS native service that allows you to observe and monitor resources and applications. CloudTrail Logs can also be sent to an external Security information and event management (SIEM) environment for monitoring and alerting.

Monitoring AWS Organizations changes can help you prevent any unwanted, accidental or intentional modifications that may lead to unauthorized access or other security breaches. This monitoring technique helps you to ensure that any unexpected changes performed within your AWS Organizations can be investigated and any unwanted changes can be rolled back.

Audit​

If you are using CloudTrails and CloudWatch, perform the following:

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Remediation​

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Remediation​

If you are using CloudTrails and CloudWatch, perform the following to setup the metric filter, alarm, SNS topic, and subscription:

  1. Create a metric filter based on filter pattern provided which checks for AWS Organizations changes and the <cloudtrail_log_group_name> taken from audit step 1:
aws logs put-metric-filter --log-group-name <cloudtrail_log_group_name> --filter-name <organizations_changes> --metric-transformations metricName=<organizations_changes>, metricNamespace='CISBenchmark', metricValue=1 --filter-pattern '{ ($.eventSource = organizations.amazonaws.com) && (($.eventName = "AcceptHandshake") || ($.eventName = "AttachPolicy") || ($.eventName = "CreateAccount") || ($.eventName = "CreateOrganizationalUnit") || ($.eventName = "CreatePolicy") || ($.eventName = "DeclineHandshake") || ($.eventName = "DeleteOrganization") || ($.eventName = "DeleteOrganizationalUnit") || ($.eventName = "DeletePolicy") || ($.eventName = "DetachPolicy") || ($.eventName = "DisablePolicyType") || ($.eventName = "EnablePolicyType") || ($.eventName = "InviteAccountToOrganization") || ($.eventName = "LeaveOrganization") || ($.eventName = "MoveAccount") || ($.eventName = "RemoveAccountFromOrganization") || ($.eventName = "UpdatePolicy") || ($.eventName = "UpdateOrganizationalUnit")) }'

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Linked Framework Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlagsCompliance
💼 CIS AWS v1.3.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exists for AWS Organizations changes1no data
💼 CIS AWS v1.4.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exists for AWS Organizations changes1no data
💼 CIS AWS v1.5.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exists for AWS Organizations changes - Level 1 (Automated)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v2.0.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored - Level 1 (Manual)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v3.0.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored - Level 1 (Manual)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v4.0.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored (Manual)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v4.0.1 → 💼 4.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored (Manual)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v5.0.0 → 💼 4.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored (Manual)1no data
💼 CIS AWS v6.0.0 → 💼 5.15 Ensure AWS Organizations changes are monitored (Manual)1no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Alerting and Notification27no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 AU-12 Audit Record Generation (L)(M)(H)265no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SI-4(20) Privileged Users (H)4851no data
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 AU-12 Audit Record Generation (L)(M)(H)65no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 AU-12 Audit Record Generation (L)(M)(H)65no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 DE.CM-01: Networks and network services are monitored to find potentially adverse events145no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 DE.CM-03: Personnel activity and technology usage are monitored to find potentially adverse events85no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 DE.CM-09: Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events142no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 AU-12 Audit Record Generation44765no data