EC2: DescribePlacementGroups - 'Placement groups deleted or deleting'

Information

Using placement groups enables applications to get the full-bisection bandwidth and low-latency network performance required for tightly coupled, node-to-node communication typical of HPC applications.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Review the placement groups being deleted. If any are missing or undocumented they should be investigated.

See Also

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/AWS_Security_Best_Practices.pdf

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-4, 800-53|SC-2, 800-53|SC-3, 800-53|SC-7

Plugin: amazon_aws

Control ID: ca1ab661bb986fc04e5d8fa133b60971347bd5103f61c6b3f536bd20e09c0a9e