Tenable AWS Best Practice Audit

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Audit Details

Name: Tenable AWS Best Practice Audit

Updated: 1/13/2020

Authority: TNS

Plugin: amazon_aws

Revision: 1.32

Estimated Item Count: 205

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
Bootstrapping

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Building Threat Protection Layers

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

CloudTrail: CloudTrail is enabled in all regions

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CLOUDTRAIL: CloudTrail logs are encrypted at rest

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CLOUDTRAIL: CloudTrail logs are not publicly accessible - 'Review S3 Buckets

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CloudTrail: CloudWatch Logs - 'log group is configured'

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CLOUDTRAIL: Log file validation is enabled

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Conclusion

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Controlling Security for Public AMIs

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Creating Custom AMIs

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Cross-Account Access

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

Decommission Data and Media Securely

MEDIA PROTECTION, PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Define and Categorize Assets on AWS

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Design Your ISMS to Protect Your Assets on AWS

ACCESS CONTROL, SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, MEDIA PROTECTION, PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

EC2: DescribeAccountAttributes - 'default VPC'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeAccountAttributes - 'maximum security groups per interface'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeAccountAttributes - 'supported platforms'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeAddresses - 'Review list of interface assignments and private IPs'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeAddresses - 'Review list of public IPs'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeAvailabilityZones: 'Avalable availability zones list'

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeAvailabilityZones: 'Impaired availability zones list'

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeAvailabilityZones: 'Unavailable availability zones list'

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeCustomerGateways - 'Review list of customer gateways'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeDhcpOptions - 'DHCP DNS Servers'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeDhcpOptions - 'DHCP domains'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Review list of current VPCs and their platforms'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Review list of current VPCs and their status'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify that monitoring is enabled'

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify the architecture of instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify the private IP addresses of instances'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify the public IP addresses of instances'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify the root device of instances'
EC2: DescribeInstances - 'Verify the security group of instances in the VPC'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review instances with impaired system status'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review instances with impared instance status'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review instances with insufficient-data instance status'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review instances with insufficient-data system status'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review pending instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review shutting down instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review status of instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review stopped instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInstanceStatus - 'Review terminated instances'

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeInternetGateways - 'Review list of internet gateways'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeKeyPairs - 'Key names currently in use'

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

EC2: DescribeNetworkAcls - 'Review list of network ACLs'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribePlacementGroups - 'Placement groups currently in use'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribePlacementGroups - 'Placement groups deleted or deleting'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribePlacementGroups - 'Placement groups pending'

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

EC2: DescribeRegions - 'Regions that are currently available'

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

EC2: DescribeRouteTables - 'Review manually added routes'

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION