Medium RDS Regional

IAM authentication should be configured for RDS instances

NISTHIPAA

Description

Verifies that RDS instances have IAM authentication configured.


Remediation

Enable IAM database authentication for the identified RDS instance.

Steps

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console.
  2. Select the RDS instance and choose 'Modify'.
  3. Under 'Configuration', enable 'IAM DB Authentication'.
  4. Save the changes.

Compliance

NISTHIPAA