Which compliance frameworks require ensure guardduty uses delegated administrator for organizations?

This security check is required by the following compliance frameworks: SOC 2, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53.

MEDIUM

Ensure GuardDuty uses delegated administrator for organizations

AWS Organizations should use a delegated administrator account for GuardDuty management.

Security Impact

Without delegated administrator, GuardDuty management is decentralized and inconsistent.

How to Remediate

Designate a security account as delegated administrator. Enable auto-enable for new accounts.

Affected Resources

AWS::GuardDuty::Detector

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2PCI-DSSNIST 800-53

How TigerGate Helps

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