Ensure S3 bucket versioning is enabled
Versioning enables keeping multiple versions of objects for recovery from unintended user actions and application failures. It's also required for cross-region replication.
Security Impact
Without versioning, accidental or malicious deletions and overwrites cannot be recovered without restoring from backup.
How to Remediate
Enable versioning on S3 buckets. Consider implementing lifecycle rules to manage old versions and control storage costs.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-s3-6
- Service
- Simple Storage Service (S3)
- Category
- Data Protection
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CIS Benchmark
- 2.1.6
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