HIGH

Ensure Session Manager has logging enabled to S3 and CloudWatch

Session Manager sessions should be logged for audit, compliance, and incident investigation purposes.

Security Impact

Without logging, privileged access activities cannot be audited or investigated during security incidents.

How to Remediate

Configure Session Manager preferences to send logs to S3 and CloudWatch Logs. Enable encryption for session logs.

Affected Resources

AWS::SSM::DocumentAWS::S3::BucketAWS::Logs::LogGroup

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2PCI-DSSHIPAANIST 800-53

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Check Details

Check ID
aws-ssm-3
Service
AWS Systems Manager
Category
Logging and Monitoring
Severity
HIGH

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