Control: AWS > CIS v1 > 3 Monitoring > 3.06 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Management Console authentication failures (Scored)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2 (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 failed console authentication attempts.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > Account

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

3.06 Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Management Console authentication failures (Scored)

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0306

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v0716

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0306") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0306'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1#/control/types/r0306"