Automating the CIS Foundations Benchmark for AWS with Terraform
summary
Automates the center for internet security (CIS) Foundations Benchmark for AWS using Terraform to codify IAM (admin group policy, MFA with session tokens, password policy), enable S3 and EBS encryption, and create a KMS‑encrypted central CloudTrail bucket. Implements per‑benchmark AWS Config rules, CloudWatch event rules, and an alert pipeline (SNS → SQS → Logstash → ELK) and collects VPC flow logs across regions via provider aliases. Hits an IAM role hiccup for config but deploys in hours and enables anomaly detection.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to CIS
- 3:01IAM and MFA Implementation
- 5:19Password Policy Automation
- 5:47Encryption and Logging
- 7:34CloudTrail Configuration
- 7:51Compliance Monitoring
- 11:31Networking and Conclusion
- 13:37Q&A Session
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