Control: 2.23 Ensure that Logstore data retention period is set 365 days or greater
Description
Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing ActionTrail Logs to Log Service and establishing corresponding query and alarms. Security Groups are a stateful packet filter that controls ingress and egress traffic within a VPC. It is recommended that a query and alarm be established changes to Security Groups.
Remediation
Perform the following to ensure the log monitoring and alerts are set up for security group changes。
From Console
- Logon to SLS Console.
- Click Log Service Audit Servicein the navigation pane.
- Go to Access to Cloud Products > Global Configurationpage.- Select a location of project for logs.
- Check the Action Trailand configure a proper days.
- Click Saveto save the changes.
 
- Go to Access to Cloud Products > Global ConfigurationsclickCentral Project.
- Select Log Management > Actiontrail Log.
- In the search/analytics console, input below query
(event_name: CreateSecurityGroup or event_name: AuthorizeSecurityGroup or event_name: AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress or event_name: RevokeSecurityGroup or event_name: RevokeSecurityGroupEgress or event_name: JoinSecurityGroup or event_name: LeaveSecurityGroup or event_name: DeleteSecurityGroup or event_name: ModifySecurityGroupPolicy) | select count(1) as cnt
- Create a dashboard and set alert for the query result.
Usage
Run the control in your terminal:
powerpipe control run alicloud_compliance.control.cis_v100_2_23Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:
powerpipe loginpowerpipe control run alicloud_compliance.control.cis_v100_2_23 --shareSQL
This control uses a named query:
select  'arn:acs:::' || account_id as resource,  'info' as status,  'Manual verification required.' as reason  , account_id as account_idfrom  alicloud_account;