Question 1

Is availability_zones enforced for NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, This control checks whether high availability is enabled for your RDS DB clusters. RDS DB clusters should be configured for multiple Availability Zones to ensure availability of the data that is stored.

Question 2

Is cloudwatch_log_group_kms_key_id enforced for NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, To help protect sensitive data at rest, ensure encryption is enabled for your AWS CloudWatch Log Group.

Question 3

Is cloudwatch_log_group_retention_in_days enforced for NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Ensure a minimum duration of event log data is retained for your log groups to help with troubleshooting and forensics investigations.

Question 4

Is deletion_protection enforced for NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, This control checks whether RDS clusters have deletion protection enabled. This control is intended for RDS DB instances. However, it can also generate findings for Aurora DB instances, Neptune DB instances, and AWS DocumentDB clusters. If these findings are not useful,then you can suppress them.

Question 5

Is storage_encrypted enforced for NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, This control checks if an RDS DB cluster is encrypted at rest. The control fails if an RDS DB cluster isn't encrypted at rest.

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