Control: AWS > CIS v4.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.03 - Ensure usage of the 'root' account is 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, and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms.

It is recommended that a metric filter and alarm be established for 'root' login attempts to detect the unauthorized use, or attempts to use the root account.

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-cisv4-0#/control/types/r0403

Category URI

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

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv4-0#/control/types/r0403") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv4-0#/control/types/r0403'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv4-0#/control/types/r0403"