Ensure SQS message retention is configured appropriately
Message retention period should align with application requirements.
Security Impact
Short retention may lose messages; long retention increases costs.
How to Remediate
Configure message retention between 1 minute and 14 days based on requirements.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-sqs-9
- Service
- Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- Category
- Data Retention
- Severity
- LOW
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