LOW

Ensure detailed monitoring is enabled for EC2 instances

Detailed monitoring provides 1-minute metrics for EC2 instances instead of 5-minute intervals, enabling faster detection of issues.

Security Impact

Without detailed monitoring, performance issues and anomalies may not be detected in a timely manner.

How to Remediate

Enable detailed monitoring when launching instances or on existing instances via console or CLI.

Affected Resources

AWS::EC2::Instance

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2NIST 800-53

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Check Details

Check ID
aws-ec2-7
Service
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Category
Monitoring
Severity
LOW

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