CloudTrail trail must be actively logging
Critical
AWS
General
aws-cloudtrail-trail-diagnostics
Applies to
AWS::CloudTrail::Trail
What CGPulse checks
A resource passes this rule when isLogging must equal true. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.
How to fix it
Restart the CloudTrail trail to eliminate audit record gaps. In AWS Console: CloudTrail > Trails > Start logging. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-turning-on-and-off.html
CLI
aws cloudtrail start-logging --name "{id}"Terraform
resource "aws_cloudtrail" "{name}" {
enable_logging = true
}
Compliance frameworks
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