Ensure S3 bucket event notifications are configured
Event notifications enable real-time monitoring of bucket activity by sending notifications to SNS, SQS, or Lambda when specific events occur.
Security Impact
Without event notifications, suspicious activity like unexpected uploads or deletions may not be detected promptly.
How to Remediate
Configure event notifications for security-relevant events like s3:ObjectCreated:*, s3:ObjectRemoved:*, and s3:ObjectRestore:*.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-s3-17
- Service
- Simple Storage Service (S3)
- Category
- Monitoring
- Severity
- LOW
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