Medium RDS Regional

Aurora MySQL DB clusters should have audit logging enabled

NIST 800-53HIPAA

Description

Confirms that Aurora MySQL DB clusters have audit logging enabled via the server_audit_logs parameter.


Remediation

Enable audit logging for Aurora MySQL clusters via the DB cluster parameter group.

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. Select the Aurora MySQL cluster and choose 'Modify'.
  3. Locate the 'DB cluster parameter group' setting.
  4. If using a custom group, set 'server_audit_logs' to '1'.
  5. If using the default group, create a custom one and set the parameter.
  6. Apply the parameter group and save.

Compliance

NIST 800-53HIPAA