Security Hub controls for Athena

These Security Hub controls evaluate the Amazon Athena service and resources.

These controls may not be available in all AWS Regions. For more information, see Availability of controls by Region.

[Athena.1] Athena workgroups should be encrypted at rest

Important

Security Hub retired this control in April 2024. For more information, see Change log for Security Hub controls.

Category: Protect > Data protection > Encryption of data at rest

Related requirements: NIST.800-53.r5 CA-9(1), NIST.800-53.r5 CM-3(6), NIST.800-53.r5 SC-13, NIST.800-53.r5 SC-28, NIST.800-53.r5 SC-28(1), NIST.800-53.r5 SC-7(10), NIST.800-53.r5 SI-7(6)

Severity: Medium

Resource type: AWS::Athena::WorkGroup

AWS Config rule: athena-workgroup-encrypted-at-rest

Schedule type: Change triggered

Parameters: None

This control checks if an Athena workgroup is encrypted at rest. The control fails if an Athena workgroup isn’t encrypted at rest.

In Athena, you can create workgroups for running queries for teams, applications, or different workloads. Each workgroup has a setting to enable encryption on all queries. You have the option to use server-side encryption with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) managed keys, server-side encryption with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys, or client-side encryption with customer managed KMS keys. Data at rest refers to any data that's stored in persistent, non-volatile storage for any duration. Encryption helps you protect the confidentiality of such data, reducing the risk that an unauthorized user can access it.

Remediation

To enable encryption at rest for Athena workgroups, see Edit a workgroup in the Amazon Athena User Guide. In the Query Result Configuration section, select Encrypt query results.

[Athena.2] Athena data catalogs should be tagged

Category: Identify > Inventory > Tagging

Severity: Low

Resource type: AWS::Athena::DataCatalog

AWS Config rule: tagged-athena-datacatalog (custom Security Hub rule)

Schedule type: Change triggered

Parameters:

Parameter	Description	Type	Allowed custom values	Security Hub default value
requiredTagKeys	List of non-system tag keys that the evaluated resource must contain. Tag keys are case sensitive.	StringList	List of tags that meet AWS requirements	No default value

This control checks whether an Amazon Athena data catalog has tags with the specific keys defined in the parameter requiredTagKeys. The control fails if the data catalog doesn’t have any tag keys or if it doesn’t have all the keys specified in the parameter requiredTagKeys. If the parameter requiredTagKeys isn't provided, the control only checks for the existence of a tag key and fails if the data catalog isn't tagged with any key. System tags, which are automatically applied and begin with aws:, are ignored.

A tag is a label that you assign to an AWS resource, and it consists of a key and an optional value. You can create tags to categorize resources by purpose, owner, environment, or other criteria. Tags can help you identify, organize, search for, and filter resources. Tagging also helps you track accountable resource owners for actions and notifications. When you use tagging, you can implement attribute-based access control (ABAC) as an authorization strategy, which defines permissions based on tags. You can attach tags to IAM entities (users or roles) and to AWS resources. You can create a single ABAC policy or a separate set of policies for your IAM principals. You can design these ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the resource tag. For more information, see What is ABAC for AWS? in the IAM User Guide.

Note

Don’t add personally identifiable information (PII) or other confidential or sensitive information in tags. Tags are accessible to many AWS services, including AWS Billing. For more tagging best practices, see Tagging your AWS resources in the AWS General Reference.

Remediation

To add tags to an Athena data catalog, see Tagging Athena resources in the Amazon Athena User Guide.

[Athena.3] Athena workgroups should be tagged

Category: Identify > Inventory > Tagging

Severity: Low

Resource type: AWS::Athena::WorkGroup

AWS Config rule: tagged-athena-workgroup (custom Security Hub rule)

Schedule type: Change triggered

Parameters:

Parameter	Description	Type	Allowed custom values	Security Hub default value
requiredTagKeys	List of non-system tag keys that the evaluated resource must contain. Tag keys are case sensitive.	StringList	List of tags that meet AWS requirements	No default value

This control checks whether an Amazon Athena workgroup has tags with the specific keys defined in the parameter requiredTagKeys. The control fails if the workgroup doesn’t have any tag keys or if it doesn’t have all the keys specified in the parameter requiredTagKeys. If the parameter requiredTagKeys isn't provided, the control only checks for the existence of a tag key and fails if the workgroup isn't tagged with any key. System tags, which are automatically applied and begin with aws:, are ignored.

A tag is a label that you assign to an AWS resource, and it consists of a key and an optional value. You can create tags to categorize resources by purpose, owner, environment, or other criteria. Tags can help you identify, organize, search for, and filter resources. Tagging also helps you track accountable resource owners for actions and notifications. When you use tagging, you can implement attribute-based access control (ABAC) as an authorization strategy, which defines permissions based on tags. You can attach tags to IAM entities (users or roles) and to AWS resources. You can create a single ABAC policy or a separate set of policies for your IAM principals. You can design these ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the resource tag. For more information, see What is ABAC for AWS? in the IAM User Guide.

Note

Don’t add personally identifiable information (PII) or other confidential or sensitive information in tags. Tags are accessible to many AWS services, including AWS Billing. For more tagging best practices, see Tagging your AWS resources in the AWS General Reference.

Remediation

To add tags to an Athena workgroup, see Adding and deleting tags on an individual workgroup in the Amazon Athena User Guide.

[Athena.4] Athena workgroups should have logging enabled

Category: Identify > Logging

Severity: Medium

Resource type: AWS::Athena::WorkGroup

AWS Config rule: athena-workgroup-logging-enabled

Schedule type: Change triggered

Parameters: None

This control checks whether an Amazon Athena workgroup publishes usage metrics to Amazon CloudWatch. The control fails if the workgroup doesn't publish usage metrics to CloudWatch.

Audit logs track and monitor system activities. They provide a record of events that can help you detect security breaches, investigate incidents, and comply with regulations. Audit logs also enhance the overall accountability and transparency of your organization.

Remediation

To enable or disable query metrics for an Athena workgroup, see Enable CloudWatch query metrics in Athena in the Amazon Athena User Guide.