Policy: AWS > CIS v3.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.03 - Ensure usage of '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.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > Account

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > CIS v3.0 > 4 - Monitoring

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

AWS > CIS v3.0 > 4 - Monitoring > 4.03 - Ensure usage of 'root' account is monitored

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per AWS > CIS v3.0 > 4 - Monitoring`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per AWS > CIS v3.0 > 4 - Monitoring` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0403"