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Medium RDS Regional

RDS DB instances should be protected by a backup plan

NISTHIPAA

Description

Verifies that RDS DB instances have a backup retention period greater than zero.

Remediation

Set the backup retention period to a value greater than 0 for the RDS DB instance.

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. Select the instance and choose 'Modify'.
  3. In the 'Backup' section, set the 'Backup retention period' to > 0.
  4. Save the changes.

Compliance

NISTHIPAA
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