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💼 4.6 Ensure AWS Management Console authentication failures are monitored (Manual)

  • Contextual name: 💼 4.6 Ensure AWS Management Console authentication failures are monitored (Manual)
  • ID: /frameworks/cis-aws-v4.0.1/04/06
  • Located in: 💼 4 Monitoring

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 failed console authentication attempts.

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    • /frameworks/cis-aws-v5.0.0/04/06
    • /frameworks/cis-aws-v4.0.0/04/06

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💼 CIS AWS v4.0.0 → 💼 4.6 Ensure AWS Management Console authentication failures are monitored (Manual)1
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💼 CIS AWS v5.0.0 → 💼 4.6 Ensure AWS Management Console authentication failures are monitored (Manual)1

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📝 AWS CloudTrail Management Console Authentication Failures Monitoring is not enabled 🟢🟢 x3