Global Accelerator must be enabled
Medium
AWS
General
aws-globalaccelerator-accelerator-global-accelerat
Applies to
AWS::GlobalAccelerator::Accelerator
What CGPulse checks
A resource passes this rule when enabled must equal true. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.
How to fix it
Enable DDoS protection to defend against volumetric attacks. In AWS Console: Shield > Protected resources > Add protection. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-responding.html
Terraform
resource "aws_globalaccelerator_accelerator" "{name}" {
enabled = true
}
Compliance frameworks
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