Policy: AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.09 - Ensure AWS Config configuration changes are monitored

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

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 detecting changes to AWS Config's configurations.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > Account

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.09 - Ensure AWS Config configuration changes are monitored

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per AWS > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Monitoring` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

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Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071102

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0409"