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Terraform Policy Library Rules

AWS: AutoScaling Group: Deny public IP address in launch configuration​

Prohibit creation of autoscaling group if the launch configuration used has public IP address enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CloudFront: Prohibit CloudFront distributions without a default root object.​

Requires AWS/CloudFront distributions to be configured with a default root object.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CloudFront: Prohibit CloudFront distributions without access logging​

Requires AWS/CloudFront distributions to be configured with access logging.

Parameters​

None

Requires AWS/CloudFront distributions to be configured with encrypted traffic to origin.​

Requires AWS/CloudFront distributions to be configured with access logging. Prohibits 'origin_protocol_policy' set to 'http-only' and prohibits 'origin_protocol_policy' set to 'match-viewer' if 'viewer_protocol_policy' is set to 'allow-all'.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CloudFront: Prohibit CloudFront distributions without an HTTPS viewer protocol policy​

Requires AWS/CloudFront distribution default and ordered cache behaviors to be configured with an 'https-only' or 'redirect-to-https' viewer_protocol_policy.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CloudFront: Prohibit CloudFront distributions without a WAF association​

Requires AWS/CloudFront distributions to be configured with a WAF web ACL ID.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CloudTrail: Prohibit CloudTrails without server side encryption​

Require AWS/Cloudtrail to have server side encryption using an AWS KMS key.

Parameters​

None

AWS: CodeBuild Project: Prohibit if logging is not configured​

Require CodeBuild Projects to have 'logs_config' with either s3_logs or 'cloudwatch_logs' enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Codebuild Project: Prohibit Privileged Mode enabled.​

Require CodeBuild Projects environment config to have 'privileged_mode' set to false.

Parameters​

None

AWS: DAX: Prohibit DAX clusters with disabled encryption at rest​

Require AWS/DAX clusters to have enabled encryption at rest.

Parameters​

None

AWS: DMS: Prohibit publicly accessible DMS replication instances​

Require AWS/DMS replication instances to not be publicly accessible.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2/EBS: Requires volumes to have a snapshot.​

Ensure individually created EBS volumes have at least one associated snapshot.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Ensure the EBS volumes are encrypted​

Require individually created EBS volumes to be encrypted.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Prohibit EC2 instances with a Public IP Address​

Require AWS/EC2 instance to not have a Public IP Address.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Restrict volume deletion after instance termination​

Prevent volume being deleted after the termination of EC2 instance.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Restrict instances with unapproved AMIs​

Require EC2 instances to use an AMI from a pre-approved list.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_ami_ids: A list of AMI IDs (e.g., ami-830c94e3, ami-0022c769)

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_ami_ids

AWS: EC2: Restrict instances with unapproved Regions​

Require EC2 instances to use an AWS Region from a pre-approved list.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_regions: A list of AWS regions (eg., us-east-1, us-west-2)

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_regions

AWS: EC2: Restrict instances with unapproved subnets​

Require EC2 instances to use a subnet from a pre-approved list.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_subnets: A list of subnet IDs (e.g., subnet-012, subnet-890)

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_subnets

AWS: EC2: Restrict instances with unapproved Security Groups​

Require AWS/EC2 to use Security Groups from a pre-approved list.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_security_groups: A list of Security Groups (e.g., sg-830c94e3, sg-0022c769)

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_security_groups

AWS: EC2: Ensure the instances use encrypted volume.​

Require AWS/EC2 instances to use encrypted block storage volume.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Restrict instances without IMDSv2​

EC2 instances and EC2 Launch templates require Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: EC2: Prohibit EC2 instances without a VPC​

Require AWS/EC2 instances to be deployed in a dedicated VPC with specified security group IDs

Parameters​

None

AWS: ECS: Prohibit ECS Service which has Assign Public IP enabled​

Require AWS/ECS Service to have 'assign_public_ip' set as false in 'network_configuration'.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Elastic Beanstalk: Prohibit the Elastic beanstalk environments with disabled managed actions​

Require AWS/Elastic Beanstalk environments to have the managed actions setting enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Elasticsearch: Prohibit Elasticsearch Domains with disabled encryption at rest​

Require AWS/Elasticsearch domains to have enabled encryption at rest.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Elasticsearch: Prohibit Elasticsearch Domains not created in VPC​

Require AWS/Elasticsearch domains to have subnets added in vpc_options.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Elasticsearch: Prohibit Elasticsearch Domains which does not use TLS 1.2 and have https enforced.​

Require AWS/Elasticsearch domains to have https enforced and use TLS 1.2.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Elasticsearch: Prohibit Elasticsearch Domains with disabled node to node encryption​

Require AWS/Elasticsearch domains to have enabled node to node encryption.

Parameters​

None

AWS: ELB: Prohibit Elastic Load Balancers with listener's lb_protocol not set to SSL/HTTPS​

Requires AWS/ELB listeners to be configured with lb_protocol as either SSL or HTTPS.

Parameters​

None

AWS: ELB: Prohibit Elastic Load Balancers with connection draining not set to true​

Requires AWS/ELB listeners to be configured with connection_draining as true.

Parameters​

None

AWS: GuardDuty: Block GuardDuty organization with disabled GuardDuty detector​

Require GuardDuty Detector to be enabled for a GuardDuty Organiztion.

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Ensure IAM account has Complex and Unique password policy​

Require AWS/IAM account to have complex and unique password policy. As recommended by https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/ the standards here are based off of those established in https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#appA and https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6234434

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Ensure IAM account password policy meets AWS Foundational Security Best Practices​

Require AWS/IAM account to have complex and unique password policy. As recommended by https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/iam-password-policy.html

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Restrict Access Key Actions in IAM policies​

Require AWS/IAM user/group/role policies to not have Create/Update/List/Delete AccessKeys permissions and allow all ('iam:' or '') in 'Action'.

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Restrict hardcoded secret credentials.​

Hardcoding of AWS 'access_key' and 'secret_key' in Terraform files is prohibited.

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Prohibit IAM policies directly being attached to IAM users​

Requires AWS/IAM policies not to be attached directly to IAM users.

Parameters​

None

AWS: IAM: Prohibit Policies containing an Asterisk​

Require AWS/IAM policies not have an asterisk ("") in Actions nor asterisk ("") without prefix in Resources.

Parameters​

None

KICS: ALB Deletion Protection Disabled​

Application Load Balancer should have deletion protection enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: ALB Is Not Integrated With WAF​

All Application Load Balancers (ALB) must be protected with Web Application Firewall (WAF) service

Parameters​

None

KICS: ALB Listening on HTTP​

AWS Application Load Balancer (alb) should not listen on HTTP

Parameters​

None

KICS: ALB Not Dropping Invalid Headers​

It's considered a best practice when using Application Load Balancers to drop invalid header fields

Parameters​

None

KICS: AmazonMQ Broker Encryption Disabled​

AmazonMQ Broker should have Encryption Options defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: AMI Not Encrypted​

AWS AMI Encryption is not enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: AMI Shared With Multiple Accounts​

Limits access to AWS AMIs by checking if more than one account is using the same image

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Access Logging Disabled​

API Gateway should have Access Log Settings defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Deployment Without Access Log Setting​

API Gateway Deployment should have access log setting defined when connected to an API Gateway Stage.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Deployment Without API Gateway UsagePlan Associated​

API Gateway Deployment should have API Gateway UsagePlan defined and associated.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Endpoint Config is Not Private​

The API Endpoint type in API Gateway should be set to PRIVATE so it's not exposed to the public internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Method Does Not Contains An API Key​

An API Key should be required on a method request.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Method Settings Cache Not Encrypted​

API Gateway Method Settings Cache should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Stage Without API Gateway UsagePlan Associated​

API Gateway Stage should have API Gateway UsagePlan defined and associated.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway With CloudWatch Logging Disabled​

AWS CloudWatch Logs for APIs should be enabled and using the naming convention described in documentation

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway With Invalid Compression​

API Gateway should have valid compression, which means attribute 'minimum_compression_size' should be set and its value should be greater than -1 and smaller than 10485760.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway With Open Access​

API Gateway Method should restrict the authorization type, except for the HTTP OPTIONS method.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Without Configured Authorizer​

API Gateway REST API should have an API Gateway Authorizer

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Without Security Policy​

API Gateway should have a Security Policy defined and use TLS 1.2.

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway Without SSL Certificate​

SSL Client Certificate should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway without WAF​

API Gateway should have WAF (Web Application Firewall) enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: API Gateway X-Ray Disabled​

API Gateway should have X-Ray Tracing enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Athena Database Not Encrypted​

AWS Athena Database data in S3 should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: Athena Workgroup Not Encrypted​

Athena Workgroup query results should be encrypted, for all queries that run in the workgroup

Parameters​

None

KICS: Authentication Without MFA​

Users should authenticate with MFA (Multi-factor Authentication) to ensure an extra layer of protection when authenticating

Parameters​

None

KICS: Auto Scaling Group With No Associated ELB​

AWS Auto Scaling Groups must have associated ELBs to ensure high availability and improve application performance. This means the attribute 'load_balancers' must be defined and not empty.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Automatic Minor Upgrades Disabled​

RDS instance should have automatic minor upgrades enabled, which means the attribute 'auto_minor_version_upgrade' must be set to true.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Autoscaling Groups Supply Tags​

Autoscaling groups should supply tags to configurate

Parameters​

None

KICS: AWS Password Policy With Unchangeable Passwords​

Unchangeable passwords in AWS password policy

Parameters​

None

KICS: Batch Job Definition With Privileged Container Properties​

Batch Job Definition should not have Privileged Container Properties

Parameters​

None

KICS: CA Certificate Identifier Is Outdated​

The CA certificate Identifier must be 'rds-ca-2019'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: CDN Configuration Is Missing​

Content Delivery Network (CDN) service is used within an AWS account to secure and accelerate the delivery of websites. The use of a CDN can provide a layer of security between your origin content and the destination.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Certificate Has Expired​

Expired SSL/TLS certificates should be removed

Parameters​

None

KICS: Certificate RSA Key Bytes Lower Than 256​

The certificate should use a RSA key with a length equal to or higher than 256 bytes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudFront Logging Disabled​

AWS CloudFront distributions should have logging enabled to collect all viewer requests, which means the attribute 'logging_config' should be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloudfront Viewer Protocol Policy Allows HTTP​

Checks if the connection between CloudFront and the viewer is encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudFront Without Minimum Protocol TLS 1.2​

CloudFront Minimum Protocol version should be at least TLS 1.2

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudFront Without WAF​

All AWS CloudFront distributions should be integrated with the Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) service

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Log File Validation Disabled​

CloudTrail log file validation should be enabled to determine whether a log file has not been tampered

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Log Files Not Encrypted With KMS​

Logs delivered by CloudTrail should be encrypted using KMS to increase security of your CloudTrail

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Log Files S3 Bucket is Publicly Accessible​

CloudTrail Log Files S3 Bucket should not be publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Log Files S3 Bucket with Logging Disabled​

CloudTrail Log Files S3 Bucket should have 'logging' enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Logging Disabled​

Checks if logging is enabled for CloudTrail.

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Multi Region Disabled​

CloudTrail multi region should be enabled, which means attributes 'is_multi_region_trail' and 'include_global_service_events' should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail Not Integrated With CloudWatch​

CloudTrail should be integrated with CloudWatch

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudTrail SNS Topic Name Undefined​

Check if SNS topic name is set for CloudTrail

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch AWS Config Configuration Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Config configuration changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch AWS Organizations Changes Missing Alarm​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS organizations changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Changes To NACL Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for changes to NACL

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloudwatch Cloudtrail Configuration Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for CloudTrail configuration changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Disabling Or Scheduled Deletion Of Customer Created CMK Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for disabling or scheduled deletion of customer created CMK

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch IAM Policy Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for IAM policy changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Log Group Without KMS​

AWS CloudWatch Log groups should be encrypted using KMS

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Logging Disabled​

Check if CloudWatch logging is disabled for Route53 hosted zones

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Logs Destination With Vulnerable Policy​

CloudWatch Logs destination policy should avoid wildcard in 'principals' and 'actions'

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Management Console Auth Failed Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Management Console authentication failures

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Console Sign-in Without MFA Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for management console sign-in without MFA

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Metrics Disabled​

Checks if CloudWatch Metrics is Enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Network Gateways Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for network gateways changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Root Account Use Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for root acount usage

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Route Table Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for route table changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch S3 policy Change Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for S3 bucket policy changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloudwatch Security Group Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for security group changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Unauthorized Access Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for unauthorized API calls

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch VPC Changes Alarm Missing​

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for VPC changes

Parameters​

None

KICS: CloudWatch Without Retention Period Specified​

AWS CloudWatch Log groups should have retention days specified

Parameters​

None

KICS: CMK Is Unusable​

AWS Key Management Service (KMS) must only possess usable Customer Master Keys (CMK), which means the CMKs must have the attribute 'is_enabled' set to true

Parameters​

None

KICS: CMK Rotation Disabled​

Customer Master Keys (CMK) must have rotation enabled, which means the attribute 'enable_key_rotation' must be set to 'true' when the key is enabled.

Parameters​

None

KICS: CodeBuild Project Encrypted With AWS Managed Key​

CodeBuild Project should be encrypted with customer-managed KMS keys instead of AWS managed keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cognito UserPool Without MFA​

AWS Cognito UserPool should have MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) defined to users

Parameters​

None

KICS: Configuration Aggregator to All Regions Disabled​

AWS Config Configuration Aggregator All Regions must be set to True

Parameters​

None

KICS: Config Rule For Encrypted Volumes Disabled​

Check if AWS config rules do not identify Encrypted Volumes as a source.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cross-Account IAM Assume Role Policy Without ExternalId or MFA​

Cross-Account IAM Assume Role Policy should require external ID or MFA to protect cross-account access

Parameters​

None

KICS: DAX Cluster Not Encrypted​

AWS DAX Cluster should have server-side encryption at rest

Parameters​

None

KICS: DB Instance Publicly Accessible​

RDS must not be defined with public interface, which means the field 'publicly_accessible' should not be set to 'true' (default is 'false').

Parameters​

None

KICS: DB Instance Storage Not Encrypted​

AWS DB Instance should have its storage encrypted by setting the parameter to 'true'. The storage_encrypted default value is 'false'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: DB Security Group Has Public Interface​

The CIDR IP should not be a public interface

Parameters​

None

KICS: DB Security Group Open To Large Scope​

The IP address in a DB Security Group must not have more than 256 hosts.

Parameters​

None

KICS: DB Security Group With Public Scope​

The IP address in a DB Security Group should not be '0.0.0.0/0' (IPv4) or '::/0' (IPv6). If so, any IP can access it

Parameters​

None

KICS: Default Security Groups With Unrestricted Traffic​

Check if default security group does not restrict all inbound and outbound traffic.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Default VPC Exists​

It isn't recommended to use resources in default VPC

Parameters​

None

KICS: DOCDB Cluster Encrypted With AWS Managed Key​

DOCDB Cluster should be encrypted with customer-managed KMS keys instead of AWS managed keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: DOCDB Cluster Not Encrypted​

AWS DOCDB Cluster storage should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: DOCDB Cluster Without KMS​

AWS DOCDB Cluster should be encrypted with a KMS encryption key

Parameters​

None

KICS: DocDB Logging Is Disabled​

DocDB logging should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: DynamoDB Table Not Encrypted​

AWS DynamoDB Tables should have server-side encryption

Parameters​

None

KICS: DynamoDB Table Point In Time Recovery Disabled​

It's considered a best practice to have point in time recovery enabled for DynamoDB Table

Parameters​

None

KICS: Dynamodb VPC Endpoint Without Route Table Association​

Dynamodb VPC Endpoint should be associated with Route Table Association

Parameters​

None

KICS: EBS Default Encryption Disabled​

EBS Encryption should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: EBS Volume Encryption Disabled​

EBS volumes should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: EBS Volume Snapshot Not Encrypted​

The value on AWS EBS Volume Snapshot Encryptation must be true

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Instance Has Public IP​

EC2 Instance should not have a public IP address.

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Instance Monitoring Disabled​

EC2 Instance should have detailed monitoring enabled. With detailed monitoring enabled data is available in 1-minute periods

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Instance Using API Keys​

EC2 instances should use roles to be granted access to other AWS services

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Instance Using Default Security Group​

EC2 instances should not use default security group(s)

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Instance Using Default VPC​

EC2 Instances should not be configured under a default VPC network

Parameters​

None

KICS: EC2 Not EBS Optimized​

It's considered a best practice for an EC2 instance to use an EBS optimized instance. This provides the best performance for your EBS volumes by minimizing contention between Amazon EBS I/O and other traffic from your instance

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECR Image Tag Not Immutable​

ECR should have an image tag be immutable. This prevents image tags from being overwritten.

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECR Repository Is Publicly Accessible​

Amazon ECR image repositories shouldn't have public access

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECR Repository Not Encrypted With CMK​

ECR repositories should be encrypted with customer-managed keys to meet stricter security and compliance requirements on access control, monitoring, and key rotation

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECR Repository Without Policy​

ECR Repository should have Policies attached to it

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECS Cluster with Container Insights Disabled​

ECS Cluster should enable container insights

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECS Service Admin Role Is Present​

ECS Services must not have Admin roles, which means the attribute 'iam_role' must not be an admin role

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECS Service Without Running Tasks​

ECS Service should have at least 1 task running

Parameters​

None

Network_Mode should be 'awsvpc' in ecs_task_definition. AWS VPCs provides the controls to facilitate a formal process for approving and testing all network connections and changes to the firewall and router configurations

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECS Task Definition Volume Not Encrypted​

AWS ECS Task Definition EFS data in transit between AWS ECS host and AWS EFS server should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: ECS Task Definition Container With Plaintext Password​

It's not recommended to use plaintext environment variables for sensitive information, such as credential data.

Parameters​

None

KICS: EFS Not Encrypted​

Elastic File System (EFS) must be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: EFS With Vulnerable Policy​

EFS (Elastic File System) policy should avoid wildcard in 'Action' and 'Principal'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: EFS Without KMS​

Amazon Elastic Filesystem should have filesystem encryption enabled using KMS CMK customer-managed keys instead of AWS managed-keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: EKS Cluster Encryption Disabled​

EKS Cluster should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: EKS Cluster Has Public Access​

Amazon EKS public endpoint shoud be set to false

Parameters​

None

KICS: EKS Cluster Has Public Access CIDRs​

Amazon EKS public endpoint is enables and accessible to all: 0.0.0.0/0"

Parameters​

None

KICS: EKS cluster logging is not enabled​

Amazon EKS control plane logging is not enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: EKS node group remote access disabled​

EKS node group remote access is disabled when 'SourceSecurityGroups' is missing

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Nodes Not Created Across Multi AZ​

ElastiCache Nodes should be created across multi az, which means 'az_mode' should be set to 'cross-az' in multi nodes cluster

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Redis Cluster Without Backup​

ElastiCache Redis cluster should have 'snapshot_retention_limit' higher than 0

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Replication Group Not Encrypted At Rest​

ElastiCache Replication Group encryption should be enabled at Rest

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Replication Group Not Encrypted At Transit​

ElastiCache Replication Group encryption should be enabled at Transit

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Using Default Port​

ElastiCache should not use the default port (an attacker can easily guess the port). For engine set to Redis, the default port is 6379. The Memcached default port is 11211

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElastiCache Without VPC​

ElastiCache should be launched in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Elasticsearch Domain Not Encrypted Node To Node​

Elasticsearch Domain encryption should be enabled node to node

Parameters​

None

KICS: Elasticsearch Domain With Vulnerable Policy​

Elasticsearch Domain policy should avoid wildcard in 'Action' and 'Principal'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElasticSearch Encryption With KMS Disabled​

Check if any ElasticSearch domain isn't encrypted with KMS.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Elasticsearch Log Disabled​

AWS Elasticsearch should have logs enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElasticSearch Not Encrypted At Rest​

Check if ElasticSearch encryption is disabled at Rest

Parameters​

None

KICS: Elasticsearch Without IAM Authentication​

AWS Elasticsearch should ensure IAM Authentication

Parameters​

None

KICS: ElasticSearch Without Slow Logs​

Ensure that AWS Elasticsearch enables support for slow logs

Parameters​

None

KICS: ELB Access Log Disabled​

ELB should have logging enabled to help on error investigation

Parameters​

None

KICS: ELB Using Insecure Protocols​

ELB Predefined or Custom Security Policies must not use insecure protocols, to reduce the risk of the SSL connection between the client and the load balancer being exploited. That means the 'name' of 'policy_attributes' must not coincide with any of a predefined list of insecure protocols.

Parameters​

None

KICS: ELB Using Weak Ciphers​

ELB Predefined or Custom Security Policies must not use weak ciphers, to reduce the risk of the SSL connection between the client and the load balancer being exploited. That means the 'name' of 'policy_attributes' must not coincide with any of a predefined list of weak ciphers.

Parameters​

None

KICS: EMR Without VPC​

Elastic MapReduce Cluster (EMR) should be launched in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Global Accelerator Flow Logs Disabled​

Global Accelerator should have flow logs enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Glue Data Catalog Encryption Disabled​

Glue Data Catalog Encryption Settings should have 'connection_password_encryption' and 'encryption_at_rest' enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Glue Security Configuration Encryption Disabled​

Glue Security Configuration Encryption should have 'cloudwatch_encryption', 'job_bookmarks_encryption' and 's3_encryption' enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Glue With Vulnerable Policy​

Glue policy should avoid wildcard in 'principals' and 'actions'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'ec2:RunInstances' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'ec2:RunInstances' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' And 'iam:PassRole' And 'lambda:InvokeFunction'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' and 'iam:PassRole' and 'lambda:InvokeFunction' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' And 'sts:AssumeRole'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' and 'sts:AssumeRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Group With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode'​

Group with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: GuardDuty Detector Disabled​

Make sure that Amazon GuardDuty is Enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Hardcoded AWS Access Key​

AWS Access Key should not be hardcoded

Parameters​

None

KICS: Hardcoded AWS Access Key In Lambda​

Lambda access/secret keys should not be hardcoded

Parameters​

None

KICS: HTTP Port Open To Internet​

The HTTP port is open to the internet in a Security Group

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Access Analyzer Not Enabled​

IAM Access Analyzer should be enabled and configured to continuously monitor resource permissions

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Access Key Is Exposed​

IAM Access Key should not be active for root users

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Database Auth Not Enabled​

IAM Database Auth Enabled should be configured to true when using compatible engine and version

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Group Without Users​

IAM Group should have at least one user associated

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Password Without Lowercase Letter​

IAM Password should have at least one lowercase letter

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Password Without Minimum Length​

IAM password should have the required minimum length

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Password Without Symbol​

IAM password should have the required symbols

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Password Without Uppercase Letter​

IAM password should have at least one uppercase letter

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Policies Attached To User​

IAM policies should be attached only to groups or roles

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Policies With Full Privileges​

IAM policies shouldn't allow full administrative privileges (for all resources)

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Policy Grants 'AssumeRole' Permission Across All Services​

IAM Policy should not grant 'AssumeRole' permission across all services.

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Policy Grants Full Permissions​

IAM policy should not grant full permissions to resources from the get-go, instead of granting permissions gradually as necessary.

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Role Allows All Principals To Assume​

IAM role allows all services or principals to assume it

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Role Policy passRole Allows All​

Using the iam:passrole action with wildcards (*) in the resource can be overly permissive because it allows iam:passrole permissions on multiple resources

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Role With Full Privileges​

IAM role policy that allow full administrative privileges (for all resources)

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM User Policy Without MFA​

Check if the root user is authenticated with MFA

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM User Has Too Many Access Keys​

Any IAM User should not have more than one access key since it increases the risk of unauthorized access and compromise credentials

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM User With Access To Console​

AWS IAM Users should not have access to console

Parameters​

None

KICS: Instance With No VPC​

EC2 Instances should be configured under a VPC network. AWS VPCs provide the controls to facilitate a formal process for approving and testing all network connections and changes to the firewall and router configurations.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Kinesis Not Encrypted With KMS​

AWS Kinesis Streams and metadata should be protected with KMS

Parameters​

None

KICS: Kinesis SSE Not Configured​

AWS Kinesis Server data at rest should have Server Side Encryption (SSE) enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: KMS Key With No Deletion Window​

AWS KMS Key should have a valid deletion window

Parameters​

None

KICS: KMS Key With Vulnerable Policy​

Checks if the policy is vulnerable and needs updating.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda Function With Privileged Role​

It is not advisable for AWS Lambda Functions to have privileged permissions.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda Functions Without X-Ray Tracing​

AWS Lambda functions should have TracingConfig enabled. For this, property 'tracing_Config.mode' should have the value 'Active'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda IAM InvokeFunction Misconfigured​

Lambda permission may be misconfigured if the action field is not filled in by 'lambda:InvokeFunction'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda Permission Misconfigured​

Lambda permission may be misconfigured if the action field is not filled in by 'lambda:InvokeFunction'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda Permission Principal Is Wildcard​

Lambda Permission Principal should not contain a wildcard.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Lambda With Vulnerable Policy​

The attribute 'action' should not have wildcard

Parameters​

None

KICS: Launch Configuration Is Not Encrypted​

Launch Configurations should have the data in the volumes encrypted. To encrypt the data, the 'encrypted' parameter should be set to true in each volume

Parameters​

None

KICS: Misconfigured Password Policy Expiration​

No password expiration policy

Parameters​

None

KICS: Missing Cluster Log Types​

Amazon EKS control plane logging don't enabled for all log types

Parameters​

None

KICS: MQ Broker Is Publicly Accessible​

Check if any MQ Broker is not publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: MQ Broker Logging Disabled​

Check if MQ Brokers don't have logging enabled in any of the two options possible (audit and general).

Parameters​

None

KICS: MSK Broker Is Publicly Accessible​

Public AWS MSK allows anyone to interact with the Apache Kafka broker, therefore increasing the opportunity for malicious activity. To prevent such a scenario, it is recommended for AWS MSK to not be publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: MSK Cluster Encryption Disabled​

Ensure MSK Cluster encryption in rest and transit is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: MSK Cluster Logging Disabled​

Ensure MSK Cluster Logging is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Neptune Cluster Instance is Publicly Accessible​

Neptune Cluster Instance should not be publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: Neptune Cluster With IAM Database Authentication Disabled​

Neptune Cluster should have IAM Database Authentication enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Neptune Database Cluster Encryption Disabled​

Neptune database cluster storage should have encryption enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Neptune Logging Is Disabled​

Neptune logging should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network ACL With Unrestricted Access To RDP​

'RDP' (TCP:3389) should not be public in AWS Network ACL

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network ACL With Unrestricted Access To SSH​

'SSH' (TCP:22) should not be public in AWS Network ACL

Parameters​

None

KICS: No Password Policy Enabled​

IAM password policies should be set through the password minimum length and reset password attributes

Parameters​

None

KICS: No Stack Policy​

AWS CloudFormation Stack should have a stack policy in order to protect stack resources from update actions

Parameters​

None

KICS: Password Without Reuse Prevention​

Check if IAM account password has the reuse password configured with 24

Parameters​

None

KICS: Policy Without Principal​

All policies, except IAM identity-based policies, should have the 'Principal' element defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: Public and Private EC2 Share Role​

Public and private EC2 istances should not share the same role.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Public Lambda via API Gateway​

Allowing to run lambda function using public API Gateway

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Associated with Public Subnet​

RDS should not run in public subnet

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Cluster With Backup Disabled​

RDS Cluster backup retention period should be specifically defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Database Cluster not Encrypted​

RDS Database Cluster Encryption should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Storage Not Encrypted​

RDS Storage should be encrypted, which means the attribute 'storage_encrypted' should be set to 'true'

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Using Default Port​

RDS should not use the default port (an attacker can easily guess the port). For engines related to Aurora, MariaDB or MySQL, the default port is 3306. PostgreSQL default port is 5432, Oracle default port is 1521 and SQL Server default port is 1433

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS With Backup Disabled​

Make sure the AWS RDS configuration has automatic backup configured. If the retention period is equal to 0 there is no backup

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDS Without Logging​

RDS does not have any kind of logger

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Disabled​

ElastiCache should have Redis enabled, since it covers Compliance Certifications such as FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. For more information, take a look at 'https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/mem-ug/SelectEngine.html'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Not Compliant​

Check if the redis version is compliant with the necessary AWS PCI DSS requirements

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redshift Cluster Logging Disabled​

Make sure Logging is enabled for Redshift Cluster

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redshift Cluster Without VPC​

Redshift Cluster should be configured in VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redshift Not Encrypted​

AWS Redshift Cluster should be encrypted. Check if 'encrypted' field is false or undefined (default is false)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redshift Publicly Accessible​

AWS Redshift Clusters must not be publicly accessible. Check if 'publicly_accessible' field is true or undefined (default is true)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redshift Using Default Port​

Redshift should not use the default port (5439) because an attacker can easily guess the port

Parameters​

None

KICS: Remote Desktop Port Open To Internet​

The Remote Desktop port is open to the internet in a Security Group

Parameters​

None

KICS: Resource Not Using Tags​

AWS services resource tags are an essential part of managing components. As a best practice, the field 'tags' should have additional tags defined other than 'Name'

Parameters​

None

KICS: REST API With Vulnerable Policy​

REST API policy should avoid wildcard in 'Action' and 'Principal'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'ec2:RunInstances' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'ec2:RunInstances' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' And 'iam:PassRole'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' And 'iam:PassRole' And 'lambda:InvokeFunction'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' and 'iam:PassRole' and 'lambda:InvokeFunction' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' And 'sts:AssumeRole'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' and 'sts:AssumeRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode'​

Role with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Root Account Has Active Access Keys​

The AWS Root Account must not have active access keys associated, which means if there are access keys associated to the Root Account, they must be inactive.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Route53 Record Undefined​

Check if Record is set

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Access to Any Principal​

S3 Buckets must not allow Actions From All Principals, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when there are All Principals

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket ACL Allows Read Or Write to All Users​

S3 Buckets should not be readable and writable to all users

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket ACL Allows Read to Any Authenticated User​

S3 Buckets should not be readable to any authenticated user

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket ACL Grants WRITE_ACP Permission​

S3 Buckets should not allow WRITE_ACP permission to the S3 Bucket Access Control List in order to prevent AWS accounts or IAM users to modify access control permissions to the bucket.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows Delete Action From All Principals​

S3 Buckets must not allow Delete Action From All Principals, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when the 'Action' is Delete, for all Principals.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows Get Action From All Principals​

S3 Buckets must not allow Get Action From All Principals, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when the 'Action' is Get, for all Principals.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows List Action From All Principals​

S3 Buckets must not allow List Action From All Principals, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when the 'Action' is List, for all Principals.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows Public ACL​

S3 bucket allows public ACL

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows Put Action From All Principals​

S3 Buckets must not allow Put Action From All Principals, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when the 'Action' is Put, for all Principals.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Logging Disabled​

Server Access Logging should be enabled on S3 Buckets so that all changes are logged and trackable

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Object Level CloudTrail Logging Disabled​

S3 Bucket object-level CloudTrail logging should be enabled for read and write events

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Object Not Encrypted​

S3 Bucket Object should have server-side encryption enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Policy Accepts HTTP Requests​

S3 Bucket policy should not accept HTTP Requests

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Public ACL Overridden By Public Access Block​

S3 bucket public access is overridden by S3 bucket Public Access Block when the following attributes are set to true - 'block_public_acls', 'block_public_policy', 'ignore_public_acls', and 'restrict_public_buckets'

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket SSE Disabled​

If algorithm is AES256 then the master key is null, empty or undefined, otherwise the master key is required

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket With All Permissions​

S3 Buckets should not have all permissions, as to prevent leaking private information to the entire internet or allow unauthorized data tampering / deletion. This means the 'Effect' must not be 'Allow' when the 'Action' is '*', for all Principals.

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Allows Public Policy​

S3 bucket allows public policy

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket with Unsecured CORS Rule​

If the CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) rule is defined in an S3 bucket, it should be secure

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Without Enabled MFA Delete​

S3 bucket without MFA Delete Enabled. MFA delete cannot be enabled through Terraform, it can be done by adding a MFA device (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_enable.html) and enabling versioning and MFA delete by using AWS CLI: 'aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --versioning-configuration=Status=Enabled,MFADelete=Enabled --bucket="BUCKET_NAME" --mfa="MFA_SERIAL_NUMBER"'. Please, also notice that MFA delete can not be used with lifecycle configurations

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Without Ignore Public ACL​

S3 bucket without ignore public ACL

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Without Restriction Of Public Bucket​

S3 bucket without restriction of public bucket

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Bucket Without Versioning​

S3 bucket should have versioning enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: S3 Static Website Host Enabled​

Checks if any static websites are hosted on buckets. Even static websites can be a liability when poorly configured.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sagemaker Endpoint Configuration Encryption Disabled​

Sagemaker endpoint configuration should encrypt data

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sagemaker Notebook Instance Without KMS​

AWS SageMaker should encrypt model artifacts at rest using Amazon S3 server-side encryption with an AWS KMS

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secrets Manager With Vulnerable Policy​

Secrets Manager policy should avoid wildcard in 'Principal' and 'Action'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secretsmanager Secret Encrypted With AWS Managed Key​

Secrets Manager secret should be encrypted with customer-managed KMS keys instead of AWS managed keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secretsmanager Secret Without KMS​

AWS Secretmanager should use AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) to encrypt the secret values in the versions stored in the secret

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secure Ciphers Disabled​

Check if secure ciphers aren't used in CloudFront

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Group Rule Without Description​

It's considered a best practice for all rules in AWS Security Group to have a description

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Group With Unrestricted Access To SSH​

'SSH' (TCP:22) should not be public in AWS Security Group

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Group Rule Without Description​

It's considered a best practice for AWS Security Group to have a description

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Group Not Used​

Security group must be used or not declared

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Entire Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for the whole network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Small Public Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for a small public network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Wide Private Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for a wide private network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Control Policies Disabled​

Check if the Amazon Organizations ensure that all features are enabled to achieve full control over the use of AWS services and actions across multiple AWS accounts using Service Control Policies (SCPs).

Parameters​

None

KICS: SES Policy With Allowed IAM Actions​

SES policy should not allow IAM actions to all principals

Parameters​

None

KICS: Shield Advanced Not In Use​

AWS Shield Advanced should be used for Amazon Route 53 hosted zone, AWS Global Accelerator accelerator, Elastic IP Address, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon CloudFront Distribution to protect these resources against robust DDoS attacks

Parameters​

None

KICS: SNS Topic Encrypted With AWS Managed Key​

SNS (Simple Notification Service) Topic should be encrypted with customer-managed KMS keys instead of AWS managed keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: SNS Topic is Publicly Accessible​

SNS Topic Policy should not allow any principal to access

Parameters​

None

KICS: SNS Topic Not Encrypted​

SNS (Simple Notification Service) Topic should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

KICS: SNS Topic Publicity Has Allow and NotAction Simultaneously​

SNS topic Publicity should not have 'Effect: Allow' and argument 'NotAction' at the same time. If it has 'Effect: Allow', the argument stated should be 'Action'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Analysis Services Port 2383 (TCP) Is Publicly Accessible​

Check if port 2383 on TCP is publicly accessible by checking the CIDR block range that can access it.

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQS Policy Allows All Actions​

SQS policy allows ALL (*) actions

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQS Policy With Public Access​

Checks for dangerous permissions in Action statements in an SQS Queue Policy. This is deemed a potential security risk as it would allow various attacks to the queue

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQS Queue Exposed​

Checks if the SQS Queue is exposed

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQS VPC Endpoint Without DNS Resolution​

SQS VPC Endpoint should have DNS resolution enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQS With SSE Disabled​

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) queue should protect the contents of their messages using Server-Side Encryption (SSE)

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSM Session Transit Encryption Disabled​

SSM Session should be encrypted in transit

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSO Permission With Inadequate User Session Duration​

SSO permissions should be configured to limit user sessions to no longer than 1 hour. Allowing longer sessions can increase the risk of unauthorized access or session hijacking. This is a best practice for security and should be implemented in SSO permission settings.

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSO Policy with full privileges​

SSO policies should be configured to grant limited administrative privileges, rather than full access to all resources. This approach allows for better security and control over the resources being accessed.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Stack Notifications Disabled​

AWS CloudFormation should have stack notifications enabled to be notified when an event occurs

Parameters​

None

KICS: Stack Retention Disabled​

Make sure that retain_stack is enabled to keep the Stack and it's associated resources during resource destruction

Parameters​

None

KICS: Stack Without Template​

AWS CloudFormation should have a template defined through the attribute template_url or attribute template_body

Parameters​

None

KICS: Unknown Port Exposed To Internet​

AWS Security Group should not have an unknown port exposed to the entire Internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: Unrestricted Security Group Ingress​

Security groups allow ingress from 0.0.0.0:0 and/or ::/0

Parameters​

None

KICS: Unscanned ECR Image​

Checks if the ECR Image has been scanned

Parameters​

None

KICS: User Data Contains Encoded Private Key​

User Data should not contain a base64 encoded private key. If so, anyone can decode the private key easily

Parameters​

None

KICS: User Data Shell Script Is Encoded​

User Data Shell Script must be encoded

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:UpdateDevEndpoint' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AddUserToGroup' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:AttachUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateAccessKey' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:CreatePolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' And 'iam:PassRole'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'cloudformation:CreateStack' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'ec2:RunInstances' And 'iam:PassRole'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'ec2:RunInstances' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' And 'iam:PassRole'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'glue:CreateDevEndpoint' and 'iam:PassRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' And 'iam:PassRole' And 'lambda:InvokeFunction'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:CreateFunction' and 'iam:PassRole' and 'lambda:InvokeFunction' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutGroupPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutRolePolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:PutUserPolicy' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:SetDefaultPolicyVersion' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' And 'sts:AssumeRole'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy' and 'sts:AssumeRole' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'iam:UpdateLoginProfile' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: User With Privilege Escalation By Actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode'​

User with privilege escalation by actions 'lambda:UpdateFunctionCode' and Resource set to '*'. For more information see https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/.

Parameters​

None

KICS: VPC Default Security Group Accepts All Traffic​

Default Security Group attached to every VPC should restrict all traffic

Parameters​

None

KICS: VPC FlowLogs Disabled​

Every VPC resource should have an associated Flow Log

Parameters​

None

KICS: VPC Peering Route Table with Unrestricted CIDR​

VPC Peering Route Table should restrict CIDR

Parameters​

None

KICS: VPC Subnet Assigns Public IP​

VPC Subnet should not assign public IP

Parameters​

None

KICS: VPC Without Network Firewall​

VPC should have a Network Firewall associated

Parameters​

None

KICS: Vulnerable Default SSL Certificate​

CloudFront web distributions should use custom (and not default) SSL certificates. Custom SSL certificates allow only defined users to access content by using an alternate domain name instead of the default one.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Workspaces Workspace Volume Not Encrypted​

AWS Workspaces Workspace data stored in volumes should be encrypted

Parameters​

None

AWS: Lambda: Prohibit publicly accessible Lambda functions​

Requires AWS/Lambda Function Permissions to include an AWS account ID principal, principal_org_id, source_account AWS account ID, or source_arn resource ARN to prevent public access.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Security Groups: Restrict Ingress from public IPs.​

Require AWS/Security Groups to allow ingress from private IPv4 CIDRs only. Private IPv4 CIDR IP 'ranges:' "10.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16"

Parameters​

None

AWS: Security Groups: Ingress Allow only whitelisted CIDR and Ports​

Require AWS/Security Groups to have ingress from whitelisted CIDR blocks on whitelisted ports. To allow all, use wildcard entry '*'.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_cidr_ports: An object with allowed CIDR ports by address

      • Type: object
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_cidr_ports

AWS: Security Groups: Allow only whitelisted Ports for Public Ingress​

Require AWS/Security Groups Ingresses for CIDR "0.0.0.0/0" use only whitelisted ports.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_ports: Ports allowed for ingress traffic from cidr '0.0.0.0/0' (e.g., 80 443)

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_ports

AWS: OpenSearch: Prohibit OpenSearch Domains with disabled encryption at rest​

Require AWS/OpenSearch domains to have enabled encryption at rest.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Opensearch: Prohibit Opensearch Domains with disabled node to node encryption​

Require AWS/Opensearch domains to have enabled node to node encryption.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Opensearch: Prohibit Opensearch Domains not created in VPC​

Require AWS/Opensearch domains to have subnets added in vpc_options.

Parameters​

None

AWS: RDS: Prohibit RDS instance with disabled automatic minor version upgrade​

Require AWS/RDS instances to have automatic minor version upgrade enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: RDS: Prohibit RDS instances with disabled IAM database authentication​

Require AWS/RDS instances to have IAM authentication enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: RDS: Prohibit publicly accessible RDS instances​

Require AWS/RDS instances to not be publicly accessible.

Parameters​

None

AWS: RDS: Prohibit RDS clusters with disabled IAM authentication​

Require AWS/RDS clusters to have IAM authentication enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: RDS: Prohibit RDS instances with disabled CloudWatch log exports​

Require AWS/RDS instances to have CloudWatch log exports enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Redshift: Prohibit Redshift cluster with disabled enhanced VPC routing​

Require AWS/Redshift cluster to have enhanced VPC routing enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: Redshift: Prohibit publicly accessible Redshift cluster​

Require AWS/Redshift cluster to not be publicly accessible.

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Ensure Logging is Enabled in S3 Buckets​

Require AWS/S3 buckets to have logging enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Prohibit Bucket Policies containing An Asterisk In Actions​

Require AWS/S3 bucket policy to not use asterisk in 'Action'.

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Prohibit Unencrypted Buckets​

Require AWS/S3 buckets to be encrypted.

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Prohibit Unencrypted Bucket Object​

Require AWS/S3 bucket object to be server side encrypted

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Ensure Versioning is Enabled for S3 Buckets​

Require AWS/S3 buckets to have versioning enabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: S3: Restrict S3 buckets with unapproved ACL​

Require AWS/S3 to use Canned ACL from a pre-approved list.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_acls: A list of ACLs

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_acls

AWS: S3: Allow ingress only from whitelisted IP's​

Require AWS/S3 bucket policy with whitelisted source IP's. To allow all, use wildcard entry '*'.

Parameters​

  • Parameters:

    • allowed_ips: A list of allowed IPs

      • Type: set_of_strings
      • Unique: false
      • Required: true

  • Required Parameters: allowed_ips

AWS: SageMaker: Prohibit SageMaker Notebook instance with direct internet access enabled​

Require AWS/SageMaker instance to have direct internet access disabled.

Parameters​

None

AWS: SSM: Prohibit publicly accessible SSM documents​

AWS/SSM Document not to be publicly accessible.

Parameters​

None

Azure: IAM: Prohibit assignment of Owner role​

Require Azure/IAM role assignment to not have owner role assigned to any principal.

Parameters​

None

KICS: AD Admin Not Configured For SQL Server​

The Active Directory Administrator is not configured for a SQL server

Parameters​

None

KICS: Admin User Enabled For Container Registry​

Admin user is enabled for Container Registry

Parameters​

None

KICS: AKS Disk Encryption Set ID Undefined​

Azure Container Service (AKS) should use Disk Encryption Set ID in supported types of disk

Parameters​

None

KICS: AKS Network Policy Misconfigured​

Azure Kubernetes Service should have the proper network policy configuration to ensure the principle of least privileges, which means that 'network_profile.network_policy' should be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: AKS Private Cluster Disabled​

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) API should not be exposed to the internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: AKS RBAC Disabled​

Azure Container Service (AKS) instance should have role-based access control (RBAC) enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: AKS Uses Azure Policies Add-On Disabled​

Azure Container Service (AKS) should use Azure Policies Add-On

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service Authentication Disabled​

Azure App Service authentication settings should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service FTPS Enforce Disabled​

Azure App Service should only enforce FTPS when 'ftps_state' is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service HTTP2 Disabled​

App Service should have 'http2_enabled' enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service Managed Identity Disabled​

Azure App Service should have managed identity enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service Not Using Latest TLS Encryption Version​

Ensure App Service is using the latest version of TLS encryption

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service Without Latest PHP Version​

Periodically newer versions are released for PHP software either due to security flaws or to include additional functionality. Using the latest PHP version for web apps is recommended in order to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or additional functionalities of the newer version.

Parameters​

None

KICS: App Service Without Latest Python Version​

Periodically, newer versions are released for Python software either due to security flaws or to include additional functionality. Using the latest full Python version for web apps is recommended in order to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or additional functionalities of the newer version.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Azure Active Directory Authentication​

Azure Active Directory must be used for authentication for Service Fabric

Parameters​

None

KICS: Azure App Service Client Certificate Disabled​

Azure App Service client certificate should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Azure Cognitive Search Public Network Access Enabled​

Public Network Access should be disabled for Azure Cognitive Search

Parameters​

None

KICS: Azure Container Registry With No Locks​

Azurerm Container Registry should contain associated locks, which means 'azurerm_management_lock.scope' should be associated with 'azurerm_container_registry'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Azure Front Door WAF Disabled​

Azure Front Door WAF should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cosmos DB Account Without Tags​

Cosmos DB Account must have a mapping of tags.

Parameters​

None

KICS: CosmosDB Account IP Range Filter Not Set​

The IP range filter should be defined to secure the data stored

Parameters​

None

KICS: Dashboard Is Enabled​

Check if the Kubernetes Dashboard is enabled.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Default Azure Storage Account Network Access Is Too Permissive​

Default Azure Storage Account network access should be set to Deny

Parameters​

None

KICS: Default Network Access is Allowed​

Default Network Access rule for Storage Accounts must be set to deny, which means the attribute 'default_action' must be 'Deny'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Email Alerts Disabled​

Make sure that alerts notifications are set to 'On' in the Azure Security Center Contact

Parameters​

None

KICS: Encryption On Managed Disk Disabled​

Ensure that the encryption is active on the disk

Parameters​

None

KICS: Firewall Rule Allows Too Many Hosts To Access Redis Cache​

Check if any firewall rule allows too many hosts to access Redis Cache

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App Authentication Disabled​

Azure Function App authentication settings should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App Client Certificates Unrequired​

Azure Function App should have 'client_cert_mode' set to required

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App FTPS Enforce Disabled​

Azure Function App should only enforce FTPS when 'ftps_state' is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App HTTP2 Disabled​

Function App should have 'http2_enabled' enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App Managed Identity Disabled​

Azure Function App should have managed identity enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Function App Not Using Latest TLS Encryption Version​

Ensure Function App is using the latest version of TLS encryption

Parameters​

None

KICS: Geo Redundancy Is Disabled​

Make sure that on PostgreSQL Geo Redundant Backups is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Key Expiration Not Set​

Make sure that for all keys the expiration date is set

Parameters​

None

KICS: Key Vault Secrets Content Type Undefined​

Key Vault Secrets should have set Content Type

Parameters​

None

KICS: Log Retention Is Not Set​

Make sure that for PostgreSQL Database, server parameter 'log_retention' is set to 'ON'

Parameters​

None

KICS: MariaDB Server Public Network Access Enabled​

MariaDB Server Public Network Access should be disabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: MariaDB Server Geo-redundant Backup Disabled​

MariaDB Server Geo-redundant Backup should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: MSSQL Server Auditing Disabled​

Make sure that for MSSQL Servers, that 'Auditing' is set to 'On'

Parameters​

None

KICS: MSSQL Server Public Network Access Enabled​

MSSQL Server public network access should be disabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: MySQL Server Public Access Enabled​

MySQL Server public access should be disabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: MySQL SSL Connection Disabled​

Make sure that for MySQL Database Server, 'Enforce SSL connection' is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network Interfaces With Public IP​

Network Interfaces should not be exposed with a public IP address. If configured, additional security baselines should be followed (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/virtual-network-security-baseline, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/public-ip-security-baseline)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network Interfaces IP Forwarding Enabled​

Network Interfaces IP Forwarding should be disabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network Watcher Flow Disabled​

Check if enable field in the resource azurerm_network_watcher_flow_log is false.

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Log Checkpoints Disabled​

Make sure that for Postgre SQL Database Server, parameter 'log_checkpoints' is set to 'ON'

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Log Connections Not Set​

Make sure that for PostgreSQL Database, server parameter 'log_connections' is set to 'ON'

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Log Duration Not Set​

Make sure that for PostgreSQL Database, server parameter 'log_duration' is set to 'ON'

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Server Infrastructure Encryption Disabled​

PostgreSQL Server Infrastructure Encryption should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Server Without Connection Throttling​

Ensure that Connection Throttling is set for the PostgreSQL server

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Log Disconnections Not Set​

Make sure that for PostgreSQL Database, server parameter 'log_disconnections' is set to 'ON'

Parameters​

None

KICS: PostgreSQL Server Threat Detection Policy Disabled​

PostgreSQL Server Threat Detection Policy should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Public Storage Account​

Storage Account should not be public to grant the principle of least privileges

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDP Is Exposed To The Internet​

Port 3389 (Remote Desktop) is exposed to the internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Cache Allows Non SSL Connections​

Redis Cache resources should not allow non-SSL connections

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Entirely Accessible​

Firewall rule allowing unrestricted access to Redis from the Internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Not Updated Regularly​

Redis Cache is not configured to be updated regularly with security and operational updates

Parameters​

None

KICS: Redis Publicly Accessible​

Firewall rule allowing unrestricted access to Redis from other Azure sources

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role Assignment Not Limit Guest User Permissions​

Role Assignment should limit guest user permissions

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role Assignment Of Guest Users​

There is a role assignment for guest user

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role Definition Allows Custom Role Creation​

Role Definition should not allow custom role creation (Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/write)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secret Expiration Not Set​

Make sure that for all secrets the expiration date is set

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Center Pricing Tier Is Not Standard​

Make sure that the 'Standard' pricing tiers were selected.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Contact Email​

Security Contact Email should be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: Security Group is Not Configured​

Azure Virtual Network subnet must be configured with a Network Security Group, which means the attribute 'security_group' must be defined and not empty

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Entire Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for the whole network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Small Public Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for small public network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Sensitive Port Is Exposed To Wide Private Network​

A sensitive port, such as port 23 or port 110, is open for wide private network in either TCP or UDP protocol

Parameters​

None

KICS: Small Activity Log Retention Period​

Ensure that Activity Log Retention is set 365 days or greater

Parameters​

None

KICS: Small Flow Logs Retention Period​

Flow logs enable capturing information about IP traffic flowing in and out of the network security groups. Network Security Group Flow Logs must be enabled with retention period greater than or equal to 90 days. This is important, because these logs are used to check for anomalies and give information of suspected breaches

Parameters​

None

KICS: Small MSSQL Server Audit Retention​

Make sure for SQL Servers that Auditing Retention is greater than 90 days

Parameters​

None

KICS: Small MSSQL Audit Retention Period​

Make sure that for MSSQL Server, the Auditing Retention is greater than 90 days

Parameters​

None

KICS: Small PostgreSQL DB Server Log Retention Period​

Check if PostgreSQL Database Server retains logs for less than 3 Days

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Database Audit Disabled​

Ensure that 'Threat Detection' is enabled for Azure SQL Database

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Server Alert Email Disabled​

SQL Server alert email should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Server Auditing Disabled​

Make sure that for SQL Servers, 'Auditing' is set to 'On'

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQLServer Ingress From Any IP​

Check if all IPs are allowed, check from start 0.0.0.0 to end 255.255.255.255.

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Server Predictable Active Directory Account Name​

Azure SQL Server must avoid using predictable Active Directory Administrator Account names, like 'Admin', which means the attribute 'login' must be set to a name that is not easy to predict

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL Server Predictable Admin Account Name​

Azure SQL Server's Admin account login must avoid using names like 'Admin', that are too predictable, which means the attribute 'administrator_login' must be set to a name that is not easy to predict

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSH Is Exposed To The Internet​

Port 22 (SSH) is exposed to the internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSL Enforce Disabled​

Make sure that for PosgreSQL, the 'Enforce SSL connection' is set to 'ENABLED'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Storage Account Not Forcing HTTPS​

Storage Accounts should enforce the use of HTTPS

Parameters​

None

KICS: Storage Account Not Using Latest TLS Encryption Version​

Ensure Storage Account is using the latest version of TLS encryption

Parameters​

None

KICS: Storage Container Is Publicly Accessible​

Anonymous, public read access to a container and its blobs are enabled in Azure Blob Storage

Parameters​

None

KICS: Storage Share File Allows All ACL Permissions​

Azure Storage Share File should not allow all ACL (Access Control List) permissions - r (read), w (write), d (delete), and l (list).

Parameters​

None

KICS: Storage Table Allows All ACL Permissions​

Azure Storage Table should not allow all ACL (Access Control List) permissions - r (read), w (write), d (delete), and l (list).

Parameters​

None

KICS: Trusted Microsoft Services Not Enabled​

Trusted Microsoft Services should be enabled for Storage Account access

Parameters​

None

KICS: Unrestricted SQL Server Access​

Azure SQL Server Accessibility should be set to a minimal address range to grant the principle of least privileges, which means the difference between the values of the 'end_ip_address' and 'start_ip_address' must be less than 256. Additionally, both ips must be different from '0.0.0.0'.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Vault Auditing Disabled​

Ensure that logging for Azure KeyVault is 'Enabled'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Virtual Network with DDoS Protection Plan disabled​

Virtual Network should have DDoS Protection Plan enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: VM Not Attached To Network​

No Network Security Group is attached to the Virtual Machine

Parameters​

None

KICS: WAF Is Disabled For Azure Application Gateway​

Check if Web Application Firewall is disabled or not configured for Azure's Application Gateway.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Web App Accepting Traffic Other Than HTTPS​

Web app should only accept HTTPS traffic in Azure Web App Service.

Parameters​

None

Azure: MariaDB: Prohibit backup disabled MariaDB database​

Require Azure/MariaDB database to have Geo-redundant backup enabled.

Parameters​

None

Azure: MySQL: Prohibit backup disabled MySQL database​

Require Azure/MySQL database to have Geo-redundant backup enabled.

Parameters​

None

Azure: Security Groups: Block port 22 for '0.0.0.0/0'​

Azure/Network Security Groups should block Inbound traffic on port 22 for "0.0.0.0/0", "Internet", or "*".

Parameters​

None

Azure: Postgres: Prohibit backup disabled Postgres database​

Require Azure/Postgres database to have Geo-redundant backup enabled.

Parameters​

None

Azure: Storage Account: Deny Unencrypted transit​

Azure/Storage Account should accept requests from secure connections (https) only.

Parameters​

None

GCP: Service Account: Prohibit using default Service Account​

Requires custom service account.

Parameters​

None

GCP: BigQuery Dataset: Prohibit Dataset accessible to all authenticated users​

Restrict public accessibilty to BigQuery Datasets

Parameters​

None

GCP: IAM: Prohibit service account with admin privileges​

Restrict service account to have admin privileges

Parameters​

None

KICS: BigQuery Dataset Is Public​

BigQuery dataset is anonymously or publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: Client Certificate Disabled​

Kubernetes Clusters must be created with Client Certificate enabled, which means 'master_auth' must have 'client_certificate_config' with the attribute 'issue_client_certificate' equal to true

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloud DNS Without DNSSEC​

DNSSEC must be enabled for Cloud DNS

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloud Storage Anonymous or Publicly Accessible​

Cloud Storage Buckets must not be anonymously or publicly accessible, which means the attribute 'members' must not possess 'allUsers' or 'allAuthenticatedUsers'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloud Storage Bucket Is Publicly Accessible​

Cloud Storage Bucket is anonymously or publicly accessible

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloud Storage Bucket Logging Not Enabled​

Cloud storage bucket should have logging enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cloud Storage Bucket Versioning Disabled​

Cloud Storage Bucket should have versioning enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cluster Labels Disabled​

Kubernetes Clusters must be configured with labels, which means the attribute 'resource_labels' must be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cluster Master Authentication Disabled​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters must have Master Authentication set to enabled, which means the attribute 'master_auth' must have the subattributes 'username' and 'password' defined and not empty

Parameters​

None

KICS: COS Node Image Not Used​

The node image should be Container-Optimized OS(COS)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Disk Encryption Disabled​

VM disks for critical VMs must be encrypted with Customer Supplied Encryption Keys (CSEK) or with Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), which means the attribute 'disk_encryption_key' must be defined and its sub attributes 'raw_key' or 'kms_key_self_link' must also be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: DNSSEC Using RSASHA1​

DNSSEC should not use the RSASHA1 algorithm, which means if, within the 'dnssec_config' block, the 'default_key_specs' block exists with the 'algorithm' field is 'rsasha1' which is bad.

Parameters​

None

KICS: GKE Basic Authentication Enabled​

GCP - Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Basic Authentication must be disabled, which means the username and password provided in the master_auth block must be empty

Parameters​

None

KICS: GKE Legacy Authorization Enabled​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters must have Legacy Authorization set to disabled, which means the attribute 'enable_legacy_abac' must not be true

Parameters​

None

KICS: GKE Using Default Service Account​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters should not be configured to use the default service account

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute Network Using Default Firewall Rule​

Google Compute Network should not use default firewall rule

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute Network Using Firewall Rule that Allows All Ports​

Google Compute Network should not use a firewall rule that allows all ports

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute Network Using Firewall Rule that Allows Port Range​

Google Compute Network should not use a firewall rule that allows port range

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute SSL Policy Weak Cipher In Use​

This query confirms if Google Compute SSL Policy Weak Chyper Suits is Enabled, to do so we need to check if TLS is TLS_1_2, because other version have Weak Chypers

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute Subnetwork Logging Disabled​

This query checks if logs are enabled for a Google Compute Subnetwork resource.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Compute Subnetwork with Private Google Access Disabled​

Google Compute Subnetwork should have Private Google Access enabled, which means 'private_ip_google_access' should be set to true

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Container Node Pool Auto Repair Disabled​

Google Container Node Pool Auto Repair should be enabled. This service periodically checks for failing nodes and repairs them to ensure a smooth running state.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Project Auto Create Network Disabled​

Verifies if the Google Project Auto Create Network is Disabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Project IAM Binding Service Account has Token Creator or Account User Role​

Verifies if Google Project IAM Binding Service Account doesn't have an Account User or Token Creator Role associated

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Project IAM Member Service Account Has Admin Role​

Verifies that Google Project IAM Member Service Account doesn't have an Admin Role associated

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Project IAM Member Service Account has Token Creator or Account User Role​

Verifies if Google Poject IAM Member Service Account doesn't have a Account User or Token Creator associated

Parameters​

None

KICS: Google Storage Bucket Level Access Disabled​

Google Storage Bucket Level Access should be enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: High Google KMS Crypto Key Rotation Period​

KMS encryption keys should be rotated every 90 days or less. A short lifetime of encryption keys reduces the potential blast radius in case of compromise.

Parameters​

None

KICS: IAM Audit Not Properly Configured​

Audit Logging Configuration is defective

Parameters​

None

KICS: IP Aliasing Disabled​

Kubernetes Clusters must be created with Alias IP ranges enabled, which means the attribut 'ip_allocation_policy' must be defined and, if defined, the attribute 'networking_mode' must be VPC_NATIVE

Parameters​

None

KICS: IP Forwarding Enabled​

Instances must not have IP forwarding enabled, which means the attribute 'can_ip_forward' must not be true

Parameters​

None

KICS: KMS Admin and CryptoKey Roles In Use​

Google Project IAM Policy should not assign a KMS admin role and CryptoKey role to the same member

Parameters​

None

KICS: KMS Crypto Key is Publicly Accessible​

KMS Crypto Key should not be publicly accessible. In other words, the KMS Crypto Key policy should not set 'allUsers' or 'allAuthenticatedUsers' in the attribute 'member'/'members'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network Policy Disabled​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters must have Network Policy enabled, meaning that the attribute 'network_policy.enabled' must be true and the attribute 'addons_config.network_policy_config.disabled' must be false

Parameters​

None

KICS: Node Auto Upgrade Disabled​

Kubernetes nodes must have auto upgrades set to true, which means Node 'auto_upgrade' should be enabled for Kubernetes Clusters

Parameters​

None

KICS: Not Proper Email Account In Use​

Gmail accounts are being used instead of corporate credentials

Parameters​

None

KICS: OSLogin Disabled​

Verifies that the OSLogin is enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: OSLogin Is Disabled For VM Instance​

Check if any VM instance disables OSLogin

Parameters​

None

KICS: Pod Security Policy Disabled​

Kubernetes Clusters must have Pod Security Policy controller enabled, which means there must be a 'pod_security_policy_config' with the 'enabled' attribute equal to true

Parameters​

None

KICS: Private Cluster Disabled​

Kubernetes Clusters must be created with Private Clusters enabled, meaning the 'private_cluster_config' must be defined and the attributes 'enable_private_nodes' and 'enable_private_endpoint' must be true

Parameters​

None

KICS: Project-wide SSH Keys Are Enabled In VM Instances​

VM Instance should block project-wide SSH keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: RDP Access Is Not Restricted​

Check if the Google compute firewall allows unrestricted RDP access. Allowed ports should not contain RDP port 3389

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Account with Improper Privileges​

Service account should not have improper privileges like admin, editor, owner, or write roles

Parameters​

None

KICS: Shielded VM Disabled​

Compute instances must be launched with Shielded VM enabled, which means the attribute 'shielded_instance_config' must be defined and its sub attributes 'enable_secure_boot', 'enable_vtpm' and 'enable_integrity_monitoring' must be set to true

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL DB Instance Backup Disabled​

Checks if backup configuration is enabled for all Cloud SQL Database instances

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL DB Instance Publicly Accessible​

Cloud SQL instances should not be publicly accessible.

Parameters​

None

KICS: SQL DB Instance With SSL Disabled​

Cloud SQL Database Instance should have SLL enabled

Parameters​

None

KICS: SSH Access Is Not Restricted​

Google Firewall should not allow SSH access (port 22) from the Internet (public CIDR block) to ensure the principle of least privileges

Parameters​

None

KICS: Stackdriver Logging Disabled​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters must have Stackdriver Logging enabled, which means the attribute 'logging_service' must be defined and different from 'none'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Stackdriver Monitoring Disabled​

Kubernetes Engine Clusters must have Stackdriver Monitoring enabled, which means the attribute 'monitoring_service' must be defined and different than 'none'

Parameters​

None

KICS: User with IAM Role​

As a best practice, it is better to assign an IAM Role to a group than to a user

Parameters​

None

KICS: Using Default Service Account​

Instances should not be configured to use the Default Service Account, that has full access to all Cloud APIs, which means the attribute 'service_account' and its sub attribute 'email' must be defined. Additionally, 'email' must not be empty and must also not be a default Google Compute Engine service account.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Serial Ports Are Enabled For VM Instances​

Google Compute Engine VM instances should not enable serial ports. When enabled, anyone can access your VM, if they know the username, project ID, SSH key, instance name and zone

Parameters​

None

KICS: VM With Full Cloud Access​

A VM instance is configured to use the default service account with full access to all Cloud APIs

Parameters​

None

GCP: Network: Prohibit firewall allowing SSH access over internet​

Network firewall resource should not allow ingress from '0.0.0.0/0' to port 22.

Parameters​

None

GCP: Storage Bucket: Prohibit buckets without versioning​

Requires versioning to be enabled for google_storage_bucket resource.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cluster Admin Rolebinding With Superuser Permissions​

Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required (RBAC)

Parameters​

None

KICS: Cluster Allows Unsafe Sysctls​

A Kubernetes Cluster must not allow unsafe sysctls, to prevent a pod from having any influence on any other pod on the node, harming the node's health or gaining CPU or memory resources outside of the resource limits of a pod. This means the 'spec.security_context.sysctl' must not have an unsafe sysctls and that the attribute 'allowed_unsafe_sysctls' must be undefined.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Container Host Pid Is True​

Minimize the admission of containers wishing to share the host process ID namespace

Parameters​

None

KICS: Container Is Privileged​

Privileged containers lack essential security restrictions and should be avoided by removing the 'privileged' flag or by changing its value to false

Parameters​

None

KICS: Container Resources Limits Undefined​

Kubernetes container should have resource limitations defined such as CPU and memory

Parameters​

None

KICS: Container Runs Unmasked​

Check if a container has full access (unmasked) to the host’s /proc command, which would allow to retrieve sensitive information and possibly change the kernel parameters in runtime.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Containers With Added Capabilities​

Containers should not have extra capabilities allowed

Parameters​

None

KICS: Containers With Sys Admin Capabilities​

Containers should not have CAP_SYS_ADMIN Linux capability

Parameters​

None

KICS: CPU Limits Not Set​

CPU limits should be set because if the system has CPU time free, a container is guaranteed to be allocated as much CPU as it requests

Parameters​

None

KICS: CPU Requests Not Set​

CPU requests should be set to ensure the sum of the resource requests of the scheduled Containers is less than the capacity of the node

Parameters​

None

KICS: CronJob Deadline Not Configured​

Cronjobs must have a configured deadline, which means the attribute 'starting_deadline_seconds' must be defined

Parameters​

None

KICS: Default Service Account In Use​

Default service accounts should not be actively used

Parameters​

None

KICS: Deployment Has No PodAntiAffinity​

Check if Deployment resources don't have a podAntiAffinity policy, which prevents multiple pods from being scheduled on the same node.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Deployment Without PodDisruptionBudget​

Deployments should be assigned with a PodDisruptionBudget to ensure high availability

Parameters​

None

KICS: Docker Daemon Socket is Exposed to Containers​

Sees if Docker Daemon Socket is not exposed to Containers

Parameters​

None

KICS: HPA Targets Invalid Object​

The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler must target a valid object

Parameters​

None

KICS: Image Pull Policy Of The Container Is Not Set To Always​

Image Pull Policy of the container must be defined and set to Always

Parameters​

None

KICS: Image Without Digest​

Images should be specified together with their digests to ensure integrity

Parameters​

None

KICS: Incorrect Volume Claim Access Mode ReadWriteOnce​

Kubernetes Stateful Sets must have one Volume Claim template with the access mode 'ReadWriteOnce'

Parameters​

None

KICS: Ingress Controller Exposes Workload​

Ingress Controllers should not expose workload in order to avoid vulnerabilities and DoS attacks

Parameters​

None

KICS: Invalid Image​

Image must be defined and not be empty or equal to latest.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Liveness Probe Is Not Defined​

In case of an unresponsive container, a Liveness Probe can help your application become more available since it restarts the container. However, it can lead to cascading failures. Define one if you really need it

Parameters​

None

KICS: Memory Limits Not Defined​

Memory limits should be defined for each container. This prevents potential resource exhaustion by ensuring that containers consume not more than the designated amount of memory

Parameters​

None

KICS: Memory Requests Not Defined​

Memory requests should be defined for each container. This allows the kubelet to reserve the requested amount of system resources and prevents over-provisioning on individual nodes

Parameters​

None

KICS: Metadata Label Is Invalid​

Check if any label in the metadata is invalid.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Missing App Armor Config​

Containers should be configured with AppArmor for any application to reduce its potential attack

Parameters​

None

KICS: NET_RAW Capabilities Disabled for PSP​

Containers need to have NET_RAW or All as drop capabilities

Parameters​

None

KICS: NET_RAW Capabilities Not Being Dropped​

Containers should drop 'ALL' or at least 'NET_RAW' capabilities

Parameters​

None

KICS: Network Policy Is Not Targeting Any Pod​

Check if any network policy is not targeting any pod.

Parameters​

None

KICS: No Drop Capabilities for Containers​

Sees if Kubernetes Drop Capabilities exists to ensure containers security context

Parameters​

None

KICS: Non Kube System Pod With Host Mount​

A non kube-system workload should not have hostPath mounted

Parameters​

None

KICS: Not Limited Capabilities For Pod Security Policy​

Limit capabilities for a Pod Security Policy

Parameters​

None

KICS: Permissive Access to Create Pods​

The permission to create pods in a cluster should be restricted because it allows privilege escalation.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Pod or Container Without Security Context​

A security context defines privilege and access control settings for a Pod or Container

Parameters​

None

KICS: Privilege Escalation Allowed​

Containers should not run with allowPrivilegeEscalation in order to prevent them from gaining more privileges than their parent process

Parameters​

None

KICS: PSP Allows Containers To Share The Host Network Namespace​

Check if Pod Security Policies allow containers to share the host network namespace.

Parameters​

None

KICS: PSP Allows Privilege Escalation​

PodSecurityPolicy should not allow privilege escalation

Parameters​

None

KICS: PSP Allows Sharing Host IPC​

Pod Security Policy allows containers to share the host IPC namespace

Parameters​

None

KICS: PSP Set To Privileged​

Do not allow pod to request execution as privileged.

Parameters​

None

KICS: PSP With Added Capabilities​

PodSecurityPolicy should not have added capabilities

Parameters​

None

KICS: RBAC Roles with Read Secrets Permissions​

Roles and ClusterRoles with get/watch/list RBAC permissions on Kubernetes secrets are dangerous and should be avoided. In case of compromise, attackers could abuse these roles to access sensitive data, such as passwords, tokens and keys

Parameters​

None

KICS: Readiness Probe Is Not Configured​

Check if Readiness Probe is not configured.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Role Binding To Default Service Account​

No role nor cluster role should bind to a default service account

Parameters​

None

KICS: Root Container Not Mounted As Read-only​

Check if the root container filesystem is not being mounted as read-only.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Root Containers Admitted​

Containers must not be allowed to run with root privileges, which means the attributes 'privileged' and 'allow_privilege_escalation' must be set to false, 'run_as_user.rule' must be set to 'MustRunAsNonRoot', and adding the root group must be forbidden

Parameters​

None

KICS: Seccomp Profile Is Not Configured​

Containers should be configured with a secure Seccomp profile to restrict potentially dangerous syscalls

Parameters​

None

KICS: Secrets As Environment Variables​

Container should not use secrets as environment variables

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Account Allows Access Secrets​

Kubernetes_role and Kubernetes_cluster_role when binded, should not use get, list or watch as verbs

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Account Name Undefined Or Empty​

A Kubernetes Pod should have a Service Account defined so to restrict Kubernetes API access, which means the attribute 'service_account_name' should be defined and not empty.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Account Token Automount Not Disabled​

Service Account Tokens are automatically mounted even if not necessary

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service Type is NodePort​

Service type should not be NodePort

Parameters​

None

KICS: Service With External Load Balancer​

Service has an external load balancer, which may cause accessibility from other networks and the Internet

Parameters​

None

KICS: Shared Host IPC Namespace​

Container should not share the host IPC namespace

Parameters​

None

KICS: Shared Host Network Namespace​

Container should not share the host network namespace

Parameters​

None

KICS: Shared Service Account​

A Service Account token is shared between workloads

Parameters​

None

KICS: StatefulSet Requests Storage​

A StatefulSet requests volume storage.

Parameters​

None

KICS: StatefulSet Without PodDisruptionBudget​

StatefulSets should be assigned with a PodDisruptionBudget to ensure high availability

Parameters​

None

KICS: StatefulSet Without Service Name​

StatefulSets should have an existing headless 'serviceName'. The headless service labels should also be implemented on StatefulSets labels.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Tiller (Helm v2) Is Deployed​

Check if Tiller is deployed.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Using Default Namespace​

The default namespace should not be used

Parameters​

None

KICS: Volume Mount With OS Directory Write Permissions​

Containers can mount sensitive folders from the hosts, giving them potentially dangerous access to critical host configurations and binaries.

Parameters​

None

KICS: Workload Host Port Not Specified​

Verifies if Kubernetes workload's host port is specified

Parameters​

None

KICS: Workload Mounting With Sensitive OS Directory​

Workload is mounting a volume with sensitive OS Directory

Parameters​

None