turbot/aws_compliance
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Control: Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Config configuration changes

Description

You can do real-time monitoring of API calls by directing CloudTrail logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms. Security Hub recommends that you create a metric filter and alarm for changes to AWS Config configuration settings. Monitoring these changes helps ensure sustained visibility of configuration items in the account

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.log_metric_filter_config_configuration

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.log_metric_filter_config_configuration --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

log_metric_filter_config_configuration

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