AWS Config Rules supported by AWS Audit Manager

You can use Audit Manager to capture AWS Config evaluations as evidence for audits. When you create or edit a custom control, you can specify one or more AWS Config rules as a data source mapping for evidence collection. AWS Config performs compliance checks based on these rules, and Audit Manager reports the results as compliance check evidence.

In addition to managed rules, you can also map your custom rules to a control data source.

Note

• Audit Manager doesn’t collect evidence from service-linked AWS Config rules, with the exception of service-linked rules from Conformance Packs and from AWS Organizations. For more information, see the Troubleshooting section of this guide.

• Audit Manager doesn't manage AWS Config rules for you. Before you start evidence collection, we recommend that you review your current AWS Config rule parameters. Then, validate those parameters against the requirements of your chosen framework. If needed, you can update a rule's parameters in AWS Config so that it aligns with framework requirements. This will help to ensure that your assessments collect the correct compliance check evidence for that framework.

  For example, suppose that you’re creating an assessment for CIS v1.2.0. This framework has a control named 1.9 – Ensure IAM password policy requires a minimum length of 14 or greater. In AWS Config, the iam-password-policy rule has a MinimumPasswordLength parameter that checks password length. The default value for this parameter is 14 characters. As a result, the rule aligns with the control requirements. If you aren’t using the default parameter value, ensure that the value you’re using is equal to or greater than the 14 character requirement from CIS v1.2.0. You can find the default parameter details for each managed rule in the AWS Config documentation.

Using AWS Config managed rules with Audit Manager

326 AWS Config managed rules are currently supported by Audit Manager. You can use any of the following managed rule identifier keywords when you set up a data source for a custom control. For more information about any of the managed rules listed below, choose an item from the list or see AWS Config Managed Rules in the AWS Config User Guide.

Tip

When you choose a managed rule in the Audit Manager console during custom control creation, make sure that you look for one of the following rule identifier keywords, and not the rule name. For information about the difference between the rule name and rule identifier, and how to find the identifier for a managed rule, see the Troubleshooting section of this user guide.

Supported AWS Config managed rule keywords

ACCESS_KEYS_ROTATED ACCOUNT_PART_OF_ORGANIZATIONS ACM_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRATION_CHECK ACM_CERTIFICATE_RSA_CHECK ALB_DESYNC_MODE_CHECK ALB_HTTP_DROP_INVALID_HEADER_ENABLED ALB_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_REDIRECTION_CHECK ALB_WAF_ENABLED API_GW_ASSOCIATED_WITH_WAF API_GW_CACHE_ENABLED_AND_ENCRYPTED API_GW_ENDPOINT_TYPE_CHECK API_GW_EXECUTION_LOGGING_ENABLED API_GW_SSL_ENABLED API_GW_XRAY_ENABLED API_GWV2_ACCESS_LOGS_ENABLED API_GWV2_AUTHORIZATION_TYPE_CONFIGURED APPROVED_AMIS_BY_ID APPROVED_AMIS_BY_TAG APPSYNC_ASSOCIATED_WITH_WAF APPSYNC_CACHE_ENCRYPTION_AT_REST APPSYNC_LOGGING_ENABLED AURORA_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED AURORA_MYSQL_BACKTRACKING_ENABLED AURORA_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN AUTOSCALING_CAPACITY_REBALANCING AUTOSCALING_GROUP_ELB_HEALTHCHECK_REQUIRED AUTOSCALING_LAUNCH_CONFIG_HOP_LIMIT AUTOSCALING_LAUNCH_CONFIG_PUBLIC_IP_DISABLED AUTOSCALING_LAUNCHCONFIG_REQUIRES_IMDSV2 AUTOSCALING_LAUNCH_TEMPLATE AUTOSCALING_MULTIPLE_AZ AUTOSCALING_MULTIPLE_INSTANCE_TYPES BACKUP_PLAN_MIN_FREQUENCY_AND_MIN_RETENTION_CHECK BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_ENCRYPTED BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_MANUAL_DELETION_DISABLED BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_MINIMUM_RETENTION_CHECK BEANSTALK_ENHANCED_HEALTH_REPORTING_ENABLED CLB_DESYNC_MODE_CHECK CLB_MULTIPLE_AZ CLOUD_TRAIL_CLOUD_WATCH_LOGS_ENABLED CLOUD_TRAIL_ENABLED CLOUD_TRAIL_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED CLOUD_TRAIL_LOG_FILE_VALIDATION_ENABLED CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_DRIFT_DETECTION_CHECK CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_NOTIFICATION_CHECK CLOUDFRONT_ACCESSLOGS_ENABLED CLOUDFRONT_ASSOCIATED_WITH_WAF CLOUDFRONT_CUSTOM_SSL_CERTIFICATE CLOUDFRONT_DEFAULT_ROOT_OBJECT_CONFIGURED CLOUDFRONT_NO_DEPRECATED_SSL_PROTOCOLS CLOUDFRONT_ORIGIN_ACCESS_IDENTITY_ENABLED CLOUDFRONT_ORIGIN_FAILOVER_ENABLED CLOUDFRONT_S3_ORIGIN_ACCESS_CONTROL_ENABLED CLOUDFRONT_S3_ORIGIN_NON_EXISTENT_BUCKET CLOUDFRONT_SECURITY_POLICY_CHECK CLOUDFRONT_SNI_ENABLED CLOUDFRONT_TRAFFIC_TO_ORIGIN_ENCRYPTED CLOUDFRONT_VIEWER_POLICY_HTTPS CLOUDTRAIL_S3_DATAEVENTS_ENABLED CLOUDTRAIL_SECURITY_TRAIL_ENABLED CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_ACTION_CHECK CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_ACTION_ENABLED_CHECK CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_RESOURCE_CHECK CLOUDWATCH_ALARM_SETTINGS_CHECK CLOUDWATCH_LOG_GROUP_ENCRYPTED CMK_BACKING_KEY_ROTATION_ENABLED CODEBUILD_PROJECT_ARTIFACT_ENCRYPTION CODEBUILD_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT_PRIVILEGED_CHECK CODEBUILD_PROJECT_ENVVAR_AWSCRED_CHECK CODEBUILD_PROJECT_LOGGING_ENABLED CODEBUILD_PROJECT_S3_LOGS_ENCRYPTED CODEBUILD_PROJECT_SOURCE_REPO_URL_CHECK CODEDEPLOY_AUTO_ROLLBACK_MONITOR_ENABLED CODEDEPLOY_EC2_MINIMUM_HEALTHY_HOSTS_CONFIGURED CODEDEPLOY_LAMBDA_ALLATONCE_TRAFFIC_SHIFT_DISABLED CODEPIPELINE_DEPLOYMENT_COUNT_CHECK CODEPIPELINE_REGION_FANOUT_CHECK CUSTOM_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_POLICY_ATTACHED CW_LOGGROUP_RETENTION_PERIOD_CHECK DAX_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED DB_INSTANCE_BACKUP_ENABLED DESIRED_INSTANCE_TENANCY DESIRED_INSTANCE_TYPE DMS_REPLICATION_NOT_PUBLIC DYNAMODB_AUTOSCALING_ENABLED DYNAMODB_IN_BACKUP_PLAN DYNAMODB_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED DYNAMODB_PITR_ENABLED DYNAMODB_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN DYNAMODB_TABLE_ENCRYPTED_KMS DYNAMODB_TABLE_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED DYNAMODB_THROUGHPUT_LIMIT_CHECK EBS_IN_BACKUP_PLAN EBS_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED EBS_OPTIMIZED_INSTANCE EBS_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN EBS_SNAPSHOT_PUBLIC_RESTORABLE_CHECK EC2_CLIENT_VPN_NOT_AUTHORIZE_ALL EC2_EBS_ENCRYPTION_BY_DEFAULT EC2_IMDSV2_CHECK EC2_INSTANCE_DETAILED_MONITORING_ENABLED EC2_INSTANCE_MANAGED_BY_SSM EC2_INSTANCE_MULTIPLE_ENI_CHECK EC2_INSTANCE_NO_PUBLIC_IP EC2_INSTANCE_PROFILE_ATTACHED EC2_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED EC2_LAUNCH_TEMPLATE_PUBLIC_IP_DISABLED EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_APPLICATIONS_BLACKLISTED EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_APPLICATIONS_REQUIRED EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_ASSOCIATION_COMPLIANCE_STATUS_CHECK EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_INVENTORY_BLACKLISTED EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_PATCH_COMPLIANCE_STATUS_CHECK EC2_MANAGEDINSTANCE_PLATFORM_CHECK EC2_NO_AMAZON_KEY_PAIR EC2_PARAVIRTUAL_INSTANCE_CHECK EC2_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN EC2_SECURITY_GROUP_ATTACHED_TO_ENI EC2_SECURITY_GROUP_ATTACHED_TO_ENI_PERIODIC EC2_STOPPED_INSTANCE EC2_TOKEN_HOP_LIMIT_CHECK EC2_TRANSIT_GATEWAY_AUTO_VPC_ATTACH_DISABLED EC2_VOLUME_INUSE_CHECK ECR_PRIVATE_IMAGE_SCANNING_ENABLED ECR_PRIVATE_LIFECYCLE_POLICY_CONFIGURED ECR_PRIVATE_TAG_IMMUTABILITY_ENABLED ECS_AWSVPC_NETWORKING_ENABLED ECS_CONTAINER_INSIGHTS_ENABLED ECS_CONTAINERS_NONPRIVILEGED ECS_CONTAINERS_READONLY_ACCESS ECS_FARGATE_LATEST_PLATFORM_VERSION ECS_NO_ENVIRONMENT_SECRETS ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_LOG_CONFIGURATION ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_MEMORY_HARD_LIMIT ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_NONROOT_USER ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_PID_MODE_CHECK ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_USER_FOR_HOST_MODE_CHECK EFS_ACCESS_POINT_ENFORCE_ROOT_DIRECTORY EFS_ACCESS_POINT_ENFORCE_USER_IDENTITY EFS_ENCRYPTED_CHECK EFS_IN_BACKUP_PLAN EFS_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED EFS_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN EIP_ATTACHED EKS_CLUSTER_LOGGING_ENABLED EKS_CLUSTER_OLDEST_SUPPORTED_VERSION EKS_CLUSTER_SUPPORTED_VERSION EKS_ENDPOINT_NO_PUBLIC_ACCESS EKS_SECRETS_ENCRYPTED ELASTIC_BEANSTALK_LOGS_TO_CLOUDWATCH ELASTIC_BEANSTALK_MANAGED_UPDATES_ENABLED ELASTICACHE_AUTO_MINOR_VERSION_UPGRADE_CHECK ELASTICACHE_RBAC_AUTH_ENABLED ELASTICACHE_REDIS_CLUSTER_AUTOMATIC_BACKUP_CHECK ELASTICACHE_REPL_GRP_AUTO_FAILOVER_ENABLED ELASTICACHE_REPL_GRP_ENCRYPTED_AT_REST ELASTICACHE_REPL_GRP_ENCRYPTED_IN_TRANSIT ELASTICACHE_REPL_GRP_REDIS_AUTH_ENABLED ELASTICACHE_SUBNET_GROUP_CHECK ELASTICACHE_SUPPORTED_ENGINE_VERSION ELASTICSEARCH_ENCRYPTED_AT_REST ELASTICSEARCH_IN_VPC_ONLY ELASTICSEARCH_LOGS_TO_CLOUDWATCH ELASTICSEARCH_NODE_TO_NODE_ENCRYPTION_CHECK ELB_ACM_CERTIFICATE_REQUIRED ELB_CROSS_ZONE_LOAD_BALANCING_ENABLED ELB_CUSTOM_SECURITY_POLICY_SSL_CHECK ELB_DELETION_PROTECTION_ENABLED ELB_LOGGING_ENABLED ELB_PREDEFINED_SECURITY_POLICY_SSL_CHECK ELB_TLS_HTTPS_LISTENERS_ONLY ELBV2_ACM_CERTIFICATE_REQUIRED ELBV2_MULTIPLE_AZ EMR_KERBEROS_ENABLED EMR_MASTER_NO_PUBLIC_IP ENCRYPTED_VOLUMES FMS_SHIELD_RESOURCE_POLICY_CHECK FMS_WEBACL_RESOURCE_POLICY_CHECK FMS_WEBACL_RULEGROUP_ASSOCIATION_CHECK FSX_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED FSX_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN GUARDDUTY_ENABLED_CENTRALIZED GUARDDUTY_NON_ARCHIVED_FINDINGS IAM_CUSTOMER_POLICY_BLOCKED_KMS_ACTIONS IAM_GROUP_HAS_USERS_CHECK IAM_INLINE_POLICY_BLOCKED_KMS_ACTIONS IAM_NO_INLINE_POLICY_CHECK IAM_PASSWORD_POLICY IAM_POLICY_BLACKLISTED_CHECK IAM_POLICY_IN_USE IAM_POLICY_NO_STATEMENTS_WITH_ADMIN_ACCESS IAM_POLICY_NO_STATEMENTS_WITH_FULL_ACCESS IAM_ROLE_MANAGED_POLICY_CHECK IAM_ROOT_ACCESS_KEY_CHECK IAM_USER_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP_CHECK IAM_USER_MFA_ENABLED IAM_USER_NO_POLICIES_CHECK IAM_USER_UNUSED_CREDENTIALS_CHECK INCOMING_SSH_DISABLED INSTANCES_IN_VPC KINESIS_STREAM_ENCRYPTED INTERNET_GATEWAY_AUTHORIZED_VPC_ONLY KMS_CMK_NOT_SCHEDULED_FOR_DELETION LAMBDA_CONCURRENCY_CHECK LAMBDA_DLQ_CHECK LAMBDA_FUNCTION_PUBLIC_ACCESS_PROHIBITED LAMBDA_FUNCTION_SETTINGS_CHECK LAMBDA_INSIDE_VPC LAMBDA_VPC_MULTI_AZ_CHECK MACIE_STATUS_CHECK MFA_ENABLED_FOR_IAM_CONSOLE_ACCESS MQ_AUTOMATIC_MINOR_VERSION_UPGRADE_ENABLED MQ_CLOUDWATCH_AUDIT_LOGGING_ENABLED MQ_NO_PUBLIC_ACCESS MULTI_REGION_CLOUD_TRAIL_ENABLED NACL_NO_UNRESTRICTED_SSH_RDP NETFW_LOGGING_ENABLED NETFW_MULTI_AZ_ENABLED NETFW_POLICY_DEFAULT_ACTION_FRAGMENT_PACKETS NETFW_POLICY_DEFAULT_ACTION_FULL_PACKETS NETFW_POLICY_RULE_GROUP_ASSOCIATED NETFW_STATELESS_RULE_GROUP_NOT_EMPTY NLB_CROSS_ZONE_LOAD_BALANCING_ENABLED NO_UNRESTRICTED_ROUTE_TO_IGW OPENSEARCH_ACCESS_CONTROL_ENABLED OPENSEARCH_AUDIT_LOGGING_ENABLED OPENSEARCH_DATA_NODE_FAULT_TOLERANCE OPENSEARCH_ENCRYPTED_AT_REST OPENSEARCH_HTTPS_REQUIRED OPENSEARCH_IN_VPC_ONLY OPENSEARCH_LOGS_TO_CLOUDWATCH OPENSEARCH_NODE_TO_NODE_ENCRYPTION_CHECK RDS_AUTOMATIC_MINOR_VERSION_UPGRADE_ENABLED RDS_CLUSTER_DEFAULT_ADMIN_CHECK RDS_CLUSTER_DELETION_PROTECTION_ENABLED RDS_CLUSTER_IAM_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED RDS_CLUSTER_MULTI_AZ_ENABLED RDS_DB_SECURITY_GROUP_NOT_ALLOWED RDS_ENHANCED_MONITORING_ENABLED RDS_IN_BACKUP_PLAN RDS_INSTANCE_DEFAULT_ADMIN_CHECK RDS_INSTANCE_DELETION_PROTECTION_ENABLED RDS_INSTANCE_IAM_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED RDS_INSTANCE_PUBLIC_ACCESS_CHECK RDS_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED RDS_LOGGING_ENABLED RDS_MULTI_AZ_SUPPORT RDS_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN RDS_SNAPSHOT_ENCRYPTED RDS_SNAPSHOTS_PUBLIC_PROHIBITED RDS_STORAGE_ENCRYPTED REDSHIFT_BACKUP_ENABLED REDSHIFT_REQUIRE_TLS_SSL REDSHIFT_CLUSTER_CONFIGURATION_CHECK REDSHIFT_CLUSTER_MAINTENANCESETTINGS_CHECK REDSHIFT_CLUSTER_PUBLIC_ACCESS_CHECK REDSHIFT_AUDIT_LOGGING_ENABLED REDSHIFT_CLUSTER_KMS_ENABLED REDSHIFT_DEFAULT_ADMIN_CHECK REDSHIFT_DEFAULT_DB_NAME_CHECK REDSHIFT_ENHANCED_VPC_ROUTING_ENABLED REQUIRED_TAGS RESTRICTED_INCOMING_TRAFFIC ROOT_ACCOUNT_HARDWARE_MFA_ENABLED ROOT_ACCOUNT_MFA_ENABLED S3_ACCOUNT_LEVEL_PUBLIC_ACCESS_BLOCKS_PERIODIC S3_ACCOUNT_LEVEL_PUBLIC_ACCESS_BLOCKS S3_BUCKET_ACL_PROHIBITED S3_BUCKET_BLACKLISTED_ACTIONS_PROHIBITED S3_BUCKET_DEFAULT_LOCK_ENABLED S3_BUCKET_LEVEL_PUBLIC_ACCESS_PROHIBITED S3_BUCKET_LOGGING_ENABLED S3_BUCKET_POLICY_GRANTEE_CHECK S3_BUCKET_POLICY_NOT_MORE_PERMISSIVE S3_BUCKET_PUBLIC_READ_PROHIBITED S3_BUCKET_PUBLIC_WRITE_PROHIBITED S3_BUCKET_REPLICATION_ENABLED S3_BUCKET_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED S3_BUCKET_SSL_REQUESTS_ONLY S3_BUCKET_VERSIONING_ENABLED S3_DEFAULT_ENCRYPTION_KMS S3_EVENT_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED S3_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED S3_LIFECYCLE_POLICY_CHECK S3_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN S3_VERSION_LIFECYCLE_POLICY_CHECK SAGEMAKER_ENDPOINT_CONFIGURATION_KMS_KEY_CONFIGURED SAGEMAKER_NOTEBOOK_INSTANCE_INSIDE_VPC SAGEMAKER_NOTEBOOK_INSTANCE_KMS_KEY_CONFIGURED SAGEMAKER_NOTEBOOK_INSTANCE_ROOT_ACCESS_CHECK SAGEMAKER_NOTEBOOK_NO_DIRECT_INTERNET_ACCESS SECRETSMANAGER_ROTATION_ENABLED_CHECK SECRETSMANAGER_SCHEDULED_ROTATION_SUCCESS_CHECK SECRETSMANAGER_SECRET_PERIODIC_ROTATION SECRETSMANAGER_SECRET_UNUSED SECRETSMANAGER_USING_CMK SECURITY_ACCOUNT_INFORMATION_PROVIDED SECURITYHUB_ENABLED SERVICE_VPC_ENDPOINT_ENABLED SES_MALWARE_SCANNING_ENABLED SHIELD_ADVANCED_ENABLED_AUTORENEW SHIELD_DRT_ACCESS SNS_ENCRYPTED_KMS SNS_TOPIC_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED SSM_DOCUMENT_NOT_PUBLIC STEP_FUNCTIONS_STATE_MACHINE_LOGGING_ENABLED STORAGEGATEWAY_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED STORAGEGATEWAY_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN SUBNET_AUTO_ASSIGN_PUBLIC_IP_DISABLED VIRTUALMACHINE_LAST_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATED VIRTUALMACHINE_RESOURCES_PROTECTED_BY_BACKUP_PLAN VPC_DEFAULT_SECURITY_GROUP_CLOSED VPC_FLOW_LOGS_ENABLED VPC_NETWORK_ACL_UNUSED_CHECK VPC_PEERING_DNS_RESOLUTION_CHECK VPC_SG_OPEN_ONLY_TO_AUTHORIZED_PORTS VPC_VPN_2_TUNNELS_UP WAF_CLASSIC_LOGGING_ENABLED WAF_GLOBAL_RULEGROUP_NOT_EMPTY WAF_GLOBAL_RULE_NOT_EMPTY WAF_GLOBAL_WEBACL_NOT_EMPTY WAF_REGIONAL_RULEGROUP_NOT_EMPTY WAF_REGIONAL_RULE_NOT_EMPTY WAF_REGIONAL_WEBACL_NOT_EMPTY WAFV2_LOGGING_ENABLED WAFV2_RULEGROUP_NOT_EMPTY WAFV2_WEBACL_NOT_EMPTY

Using AWS Config custom rules with Audit Manager

You can now use AWS Config custom rules as a data source for audit reporting. When a control has a data source that's mapped to an AWS Config rule, Audit Manager adds the evaluation that was created by the AWS Config rule.

The custom rules that you can use depend on the AWS account that you sign in to Audit Manager with. If you can access a custom rule in AWS Config, you can use it as a data source mapping in Audit Manager.

• For individual AWS accounts – You can use any of the custom rules that you created with your account.

• For accounts that are part of an organization – Either, you can use any of your member-level custom rules. Or, you can use any of the organization-level custom rules that are available to you in AWS Config.

For instructions on how to create a control that uses custom rules as a data source, see Creating a new control from scratch and Customizing an existing control.

Tip

Keep in mind that managed rules aren't shown in the dropdown list of custom rules in Audit Manager.

If you want to verify if an AWS Config rule is a managed rule or a custom rule, you can do this using the AWS Config console. From the left navigation menu, choose Rules and look for the rule in the table. If it's a managed rule, the Type column shows AWS managed.

To map a managed rule as a data source, you can look for the managed rule identifier keyword in Audit Manager in the dropdown list of managed rules. For more information, see the Troubleshooting section of this guide.

After you map your custom rules as a data source for a control, you can associate that control with a custom framework in Audit Manager. For instructions on how to create a custom framework that uses your custom control, see Creating a new framework from scratch and Customizing an existing framework. For instructions on how to add your control to an existing custom framework, see Editing an existing framework.

For information about creating a custom rule in AWS Config, see Developing a custom rule for AWS Config in the AWS Config Developer Guide.

Troubleshooting AWS Config integration with Audit Manager

To find answers to common questions and issues, see AWS Config integration in the Troubleshooting section of this guide.