Benchmark: AWS CIS v2.0.0

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Overview

All CIS Benchmarks focus on technical configuration settings used to maintain and/or increase the security of the addressed technology, and they should be used in conjunction with other essential cyber hygiene tasks like:

Monitoring the base operating system for vulnerabilities and quickly updating with the latest security patches
Monitoring applications and libraries for vulnerabilities and quickly updating with the latest security patches In the end, the CIS Benchmarks are designed as a key component of a comprehensive cybersecurity program. This document provides prescriptive guidance for configuring security options for a subset of Amazon Web Services with an emphasis on foundational, testable, and architecture agnostic settings. Some of the specific Amazon Web Services in scope for this document include:
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
IAM Access Analyzer
AWS Config
AWS CloudTrail
AWS CloudWatch
AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Relational Database Service (RDS)
AWS VPC
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Profiles

The following configuration profiles are defined by this Benchmark:

Level 1

Items in this profile intend to:

be practical and prudent;
provide security focused best practice hardening of a technology; and
limit impact to 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 more critical than manageability and usability
acts as defense in depth measure
may impact the utility or performance of the technology
may include additional licensing, cost, or addition of third party software

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 v2.0.0.

Run this benchmark in your terminal:

powerpipe benchmark run aws_compliance.benchmark.cis_v200

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe benchmark run aws_compliance.benchmark.cis_v200 --share