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Medium S3 Regional

S3 general purpose buckets should have event notifications enabled

NIST 800-53

Description

Checks whether Amazon S3 Event Notifications are enabled on an S3 general purpose bucket. The control fails if event notifications are not enabled.

Remediation

Enable S3 Event Notifications on the bucket for relevant event types.

Steps

  1. Open the Amazon S3 console.
  2. Select the bucket and go to 'Properties' > 'Event notifications'.
  3. Create a notification for the events you want (e.g., ObjectCreated or ObjectRemoved).
  4. Save the configuration.

Compliance

NIST 800-53
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