Ensure ElastiCache Redis has automatic backups enabled
Automatic backups (snapshots) enable point-in-time recovery and protection against data loss from corruption, deletion, or failures.
Security Impact
Without backups, data loss from failures or corruption cannot be recovered, potentially causing significant application impact.
How to Remediate
Enable automatic backups with appropriate retention period (at least 1 day, recommend 7+ days). Configure backup window during low-traffic periods.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-elasticache-5
- Service
- Amazon ElastiCache
- Category
- Backup and Recovery
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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