Medium EFS Regional

EFS access points should enforce a user identity

NISTHIPAA

Description

This control checks whether Amazon EFS access points are configured to enforce a user identity. The control fails if a POSIX user identity is not defined while creating the EFS access point.


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