Control: 2.19 Ensure a log monitoring and alerts are set up for Management Console authentication failures

Description

Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing ActionTrail Logs to Log Service and establishing corresponding query and alarms. It is recommended that a query and alarm be established for failed console authentication attempts.

Remediation

Perform the following to ensure the log monitoring and alerts are set up for Management Console authentication failures:

From Console

1. Logon to SLS Console.
2. Click Log Service Audit Service in the navigation pane.
3. Go to Access to Cloud Products > Global Configuration page.
   • Select a location of project for logs.
   • Check the Action Trail and configure a proper days.
   • Click Save to save the changes.
4. Go to Access to Cloud Products > Global Configurations click Central Project.
5. Select Log Management > Actiontrail Log.
6. In the search/analytics console, input below query

"event.eventName": ConsoleSignin and "event.errorCode" : * and not "event.errorCode" : "" | select count(1) as cnt

7. Create a dashboard and set alert for the query result.