Low RDS Regional

RDS clusters should have deletion protection enabled

NIST

Description

Checks if RDS clusters have deletion protection enabled. This check also fetches the tags associated with each RDS cluster.


Remediation

To enable deletion protection for the identified RDS cluster, follow these steps:

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose 'Databases'.
  3. Select the identified RDS cluster for which you want to enable deletion protection.
  4. Choose 'Modify'.
  5. In the 'Deletion protection' section, select 'Enable deletion protection'.
  6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and choose 'Continue'.
  7. Review your changes and choose 'Modify Cluster' to apply the changes.

Compliance

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