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Medium EFS Regional

EFS access points should enforce a root directory

NISTHIPAA

Description

Verifies that EFS access points enforce a non-root directory path, preventing clients from accessing the entire file system root.

Remediation

For instructions on how to enforce a root directory for an Amazon EFS access point, see Enforcing a root directory with an access point in the Amazon Elastic File System User Guide.

Steps

  1. Go to the Amazon EFS console.
  2. Create or modify an access point.
  3. Specify a root directory other than /.

Compliance

NISTHIPAA
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