AWS New Checks

Check if Redshift clusters are encrypted at rest.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon Redshift is a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. Encryption at rest in...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Check if Redshift clusters have Multi-AZ enabled.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon Redshift is a fully managed data warehouse service that provides fast query performance on large d...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Check if Redshift clusters are using the default database name.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: In Amazon Redshift, the default database name is dev, which is automatically created when a new cluster i...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Check if Redshift Clusters have automated snapshots enabled.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon Redshift is a fully managed data warehouse service that allows for scalable storage and fast query...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Check if Amazon Redshift clusters are using the default Admin username.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: When creating an Amazon Redshift cluster, a default admin user with the username awsuser is often created...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Check for Redshift Automatic Version Upgrade
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon Redshift is a fully managed data warehouse service that helps users run complex queries on large d...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Check if connections to Amazon Redshift clusters are encrypted in transit.
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon Redshift provides the capability to encrypt data in transit between your Redshift clusters and cli...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Check if RDS clusters are protected by a backup plan
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon RDS offers automated backups for DB instances, which are critical for disaster recovery and ensuring...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Ensure that your Amazon RDS instances are not using the default master username
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: By default, when an Amazon RDS instance is created, AWS assigns a master username, typically "admin&qu...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Check if RDS clusters storage is encrypted
Profile Applicability: Level 1 Description: Amazon RDS provides the option to enable encryption at rest for RDS instances and clusters. Enabling storag...
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 6:43 AM