Benchmark: AWS CIS v1.2.0

To obtain the latest version of the official guide, please visit http://benchmarks.cisecurity.org.

Overview

The CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark provides prescriptive guidance for configuring security options for a subset of Amazon Web Services with an emphasis on foundational, testable, and architecture agnostic settings. Specific Amazon Web Services in scope include:

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS Config
AWS CloudTrail
AWS CloudWatch
AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)
AWS VPC (Default)

Profiles

Level 1

Items in this profile intend to:

be practical and prudent;
provide a clear security benefit; and
not inhibit the utility of the technology beyond acceptable means.

Level 2

This profile extends the "Level 1" profile. Items in this profile exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:

are intended for environments or use cases where security is paramount
acts as defense in depth measure
may negatively inhibit the utility or performance of the technology.

Usage

Install the mod:

mkdir dashboards
cd dashboards
powerpipe mod init
powerpipe mod install github.com/turbot/steampipe-mod-aws-compliance

Start the Powerpipe server:

steampipe service start
powerpipe server

Open http://localhost:9033 in your browser and select AWS CIS v1.2.0.

Run this benchmark in your terminal:

powerpipe benchmark run aws_compliance.benchmark.cis_v120

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe benchmark run aws_compliance.benchmark.cis_v120 --share