Question

How can I monitor and detect security incidents in my AWS environment?

Answer 1

• Utilize AWS CloudTrail for logging API calls and AWS Config for tracking resource changes.
• Set up CloudWatch alarms for specific security events and anomalies.
• Example CloudWatch alarm to monitor unauthorized API calls:

aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm --alarm-name UnauthorizedAPICalls --alarm-description "Alarm for unauthorized API calls" --namespace AWS/CloudTrail --metric-name Events --dimensions Name=EventName,Value=ConsoleLogin --statistic Sum --period 300 --threshold 1 --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold --evaluation-periods 1 --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:123456789012:MyTopic