Ensure CloudWatch Logs Insights queries are saved for common investigations
Common log investigation queries should be saved in CloudWatch Logs Insights for rapid incident response.
Security Impact
Without saved queries, incident response may be slower and less consistent.
How to Remediate
Create and save Logs Insights queries for common security investigations.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-cloudwatch-8
- Service
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Category
- Monitoring
- Severity
- LOW
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