Control: AWS > CIS v1 > 3 Monitoring > 3.03 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for usage of "root" account (Scored)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing CloudTrail Logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms. It is recommended that a metric filter and alarm be established for root login attempts.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > Account

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

3.03 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for usage of "root" account (Scored)

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0303

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070409

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0303") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0303'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0303"