RDS Instance Has Enhanced Monitoring Disabled

Overview

Checks whether Enhanced Monitoring is activated for RDS instances. Opting for a shorter monitoring interval leads to more frequent updates of OS metrics. To enable Enhanced Monitoring, it's necessary to craft an IAM role and subsequently activate the feature.

Vendor

AWS

Cloud Service

RDS

Related Controls

RDS.6

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DBInstance.html, https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Monitoring.OS.html

Severity

2

Item Types

AWS::RDS::DBInstance