Control: AWS > HIPAA > CloudWatch > CloudWatch alarm action should be enabled

Amazon CloudWatch alarms alert when a metric breaches the threshold for a specified number of evaluation periods. The alarm performs one or more actions based on the value of the metric or expression relative to a threshold over a number of time periods.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > CloudWatch > Alarm

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Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-hipaa#/control/types/cloudWatchAlarmActionEnabled

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/turbot#/control/categories/complianceHipaa

GraphQL

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

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

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-hipaa#/control/types/cloudWatchAlarmActionEnabled"