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OpenSearch Domain Has Cognito Authentication for Kibana Disabled

Overview​

Check whether Amazon OpenSearch Service domains have enabled Amazon Cognito authentication for Kibana. Amazon OpenSearch Service offers support for employing Amazon Cognito as a means of authenticating Kibana. If the configuration for Amazon Cognito authentication is not established, alternative methods to safeguard Kibana include implementing an IP-based access policy and proxy server, utilizing HTTP basic authentication, or employing SAML.

Vendor​

AWS

Cloud Service​

OpenSearch

References​

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/APIReference/API_CognitoOptions.html, https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/ac.html

Severity​

4

Item Types​

AWS::OpenSearch::Domain