5 – Control the access to workload infrastructure
How do you protect the infrastructure of the analytics workload? Analytics environments change based on the evolving requirements of data processing and data distribution. Ensuring the environment is accessible with the least permissions necessary is essential in delivering a secure platform. Automate the auditing of environment changes and generate alerts in case of abnormal environment access.
ID |
Priority |
Best practice |
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☐ BP 5.1 |
Required | Prevent unintended access to the infrastructure. |
☐ BP 5.2 |
Required | Implement least privilege policies for source and downstream systems. |
☐ BP 5.3 |
Required | Monitor the infrastructure changes and the user activities against the infrastructure. |
☐ BP 5.4 |
Required | Secure the audit logs that record every data or resource access in analytics infrastructure. |