Medium EFS Regional

EFS access points should enforce a user identity

NISTHIPAA

Description

Confirms that EFS access points enforce a POSIX user identity, ensuring consistent user-level permissions for all file system operations.


Remediation

To enforce a user identity for an Amazon EFS access point, see Enforcing a user identity using 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. Define a POSIX user identity.

Compliance

NISTHIPAA