Critical RDS Regional

RDS DB Instances should prohibit public access, as determined by the PubliclyAccessible configuration

CIS v3.0.0NIST 800-53PCI DSS v3.2.1PCI DSS v4.0.1ISO 27001

Description

Flags RDS DB instances that are publicly accessible.


Remediation

Disable public accessibility for the identified RDS DB instance.

Steps

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. Select the RDS DB instance and choose 'Modify'.
  3. In the 'Public accessibility' section, set to 'No'.
  4. Save the changes.

Compliance

CIS v3.0.0NIST 800-53PCI DSS v3.2.1PCI DSS v4.0.1ISO 27001