Amazon_CloudWatch_4
Real-time monitoring of API calls can be achieved by directing CloudTrail Logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms. It is recommended that a metric filter and alarm be established changes made to Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies.
Perform the following to ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for IAM policy changes
Note : Filter pattern for IAM policy changes
filterPattern”:
“{($.eventName=DeleteGroupPolicy)||($.eventName=DeleteRolePolicy)||($.eventName=Delete
UserPolicy)||($.eventName=PutGroupPolicy)||($.eventName=PutRolePolicy)||($.eventName=P
utUserPolicy)||($.eventName=CreatePolicy)||($.eventName=DeletePolicy)||($.eventName=Cr
eatePolicyVersion)||($.eventName=DeletePolicyVersion)||($.eventName=AttachRolePolicy)|
|($.eventName=DetachRolePolicy)||($.eventName=AttachUserPolicy)||($.eventName=DetachUs
erPolicy)||($.eventName=AttachGroupPolicy)||($.eventName=DetachGroupPolicy)}”
Perform the following to setup the metric filter, alarm, SNS topic, and subscription:
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