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AWS

Policy: AWS > CIS v3.0 > 2 - Storage > 2.03 - Relational Database Service (RDS) > 2.03.03 - Ensure that public access is not given to RDS Instance

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Ensure and verify that RDS database instances provisioned in your AWS account do restrict unauthorized access in order to minimize security risks. To restrict access to any publicly accessible RDS database instance, you must disable the database Publicly Accessible flag and update the VPC security group associated with the instance.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type
string
Default
Per AWS > CIS v3.0 > 2 - Storage
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per AWS > CIS v3.0 > 2 - Storage
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: Benchmark
    

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