cis-aws-foundations-5-16

name	cis-aws-foundations-5.16
description	Ensure AWS Security Hub is enabled
category	cis-monitoring
version	7.0.0
author	cyberstrike-official
tags	["cis","aws","monitoring","security-hub","compliance","security-posture"]
cis_id	5.16
cis_benchmark	CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v7.0.0
tech_stack	["aws"]
cwe_ids	[]
chains_with	[]
prerequisites	[]
severity_boost	{}

Ensure AWS Security Hub is enabled

Description

Security Hub collects security data from various AWS accounts, services, and supported third-party partner products, helping you analyze your security trends and identify the highest-priority security issues. When you enable Security Hub, it begins to consume, aggregate, organize, and prioritize findings from the AWS services that you have enabled, such as Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, and Amazon Macie. You can also enable integrations with AWS partner security products.

Rationale

AWS Security Hub provides you with a comprehensive view of your security state in AWS and helps you check your environment against security industry standards and best practices, enabling you to quickly assess the security posture across your AWS accounts.

Impact

It is recommended that AWS Security Hub be enabled in all regions. AWS Security Hub requires that AWS Config be enabled.

Audit Procedure

From Console

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Security Hub console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/.
2. On the top right of the console, select the target Region.
3. If the Security Hub > Summary page is displayed, then Security Hub is set up for the selected region.
4. If presented with "Setup Security Hub" or "Get Started With Security Hub," refer to the remediation steps.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each region.

From Command Line

Run the following command to verify the Security Hub status:

aws securityhub describe-hub

This will list the Security Hub status by region. Check for a SubscribedAt value.

Example output:

{
  "HubArn": "<security-hub-arn>",
  "SubscribedAt": "2022-08-19T17:06:42.398Z",
  "AutoEnableControls": true
}

An error will be returned if Security Hub is not enabled.

Example error:

An error occurred (InvalidAccessException) when calling the DescribeHub operation: Account <Account ID> is not subscribed to AWS Security Hub