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💼 4.1 Ensure unauthorized API calls are monitored (Automated)

  • Contextual name: 💼 4.1 Ensure unauthorized API calls are monitored (Automated)
  • ID: /frameworks/cis-aws-v5.0.0/04/01
  • 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 unauthorized API calls.

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📝 AWS CloudTrail Unauthorized API Calls Monitoring is not enabled 🟢🟢 x3