Control: AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.05 - Ensure CloudTrail configuration changes are monitored

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing CloudTrail Logs to CloudWatch Logs, or an external Security information and event management (SIEM) environment, where metric filters and alarms can be established.

It is recommended that a metric filter and alarm be utilized for detecting changes to CloudTrail's configurations.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > Account

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0405

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v0706

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0405") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0405'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0405"