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Medium Redshift Regional

Redshift Serverless namespaces should not use the default admin username

FSBP

Description

Checks if Amazon Redshift Serverless namespaces are configured to use a non-default admin username. The control fails if the namespace is using the default admin username.

Remediation

To use a non-default admin username for Redshift Serverless namespaces, follow these steps:

Steps

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose 'Serverless dashboard'.
  3. Select the identified namespace that is using the default admin username.
  4. Choose 'Edit'.
  5. In the 'Database configuration' section, change the 'Admin username' to a custom value.
  6. Choose 'Save changes'.
  7. For detailed guidance, refer to the AWS documentation: 'Database configuration for Amazon Redshift Serverless' in the Amazon Redshift User Guide.

Compliance

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