Ensure unused security groups are removed
Unused security groups should be removed to reduce the attack surface and simplify security group management.
Security Impact
Unused security groups can be accidentally attached to resources, potentially opening unintended access.
How to Remediate
Identify security groups not attached to any resources and delete them. Exclude default security groups which cannot be deleted.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
How TigerGate Helps
TigerGate continuously monitors your AWS environment to detect and alert on this misconfiguration. Here's what our platform does for this specific check:
- Continuous Scanning
Automatically scans all Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) resources across your AWS accounts every hour
- Instant Alerts
Get notified via Slack, email, or webhooks when this misconfiguration is detected
- One-Click Remediation
Fix this issue directly from the TigerGate dashboard with our guided remediation
- Compliance Evidence
Automatically collect audit evidence for SOC 2, CIS AWS v1.5.0 compliance
- Drift Detection
Get alerted if this configuration drifts back to an insecure state after remediation
Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-12
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Network Security
- Severity
- LOW
Automate This Check
TigerGate automatically scans your AWS environment for this and 575+ other security checks.
Start Free Trial