Amazon Macie controls
These controls are related to Macie resources.
These controls may not be available in all Amazon Web Services Regions. For more information, see Availability of controls by Region.
[Macie.1] Amazon Macie should be enabled
Related requirements: NIST.800-53.r5 CA-7, NIST.800-53.r5 CA-9(1), NIST.800-53.r5 RA-5, NIST.800-53.r5 SA-8(19), NIST.800-53.r5 SI-4
Category: Detect > Detection services
Severity: Medium
Resource type: AWS::::Account
Amazon Config rule:
macie-status-check
Schedule type: Periodic
This control checks whether Amazon Macie is enabled for an account. The control fails if Macie isn't enabled for the account.
Amazon Macie discovers sensitive data using machine learning and pattern matching, provides visibility into data security risks, and enables automated protection against those risks. Macie automatically and continually evaluates your Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets for security and access control, and generates findings to notify you of potential issues with the security or privacy of your Amazon S3 data. Macie also automates discovery and reporting of sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), to provide you with a better understanding of the data that you store in Amazon S3. To learn more, see the Amazon Macie User Guide.
Remediation
To enable Macie, see Enable Macie in the Amazon Macie User Guide.
[Macie.2] Macie automated sensitive data discovery should be enabled
Related requirements: NIST.800-53.r5 CA-7, NIST.800-53.r5 CA-9(1), NIST.800-53.r5 RA-5, NIST.800-53.r5 SA-8(19), NIST.800-53.r5 SI-4
Category: Detect > Detection services
Severity: High
Resource type: AWS::::Account
Amazon Config rule:
macie-auto-sensitive-data-discovery-check
Schedule type: Periodic
This control checks whether automated sensitive data discovery is enabled for an Amazon Macie administrator account. The control fails if automated sensitive data discovery isn't enabled for a Macie administrator account. This control applies only to administrator accounts.
Macie automates discovery and reporting of sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets. With automated sensitive data discovery, Macie continually evaluates your bucket inventory and uses sampling techniques to identify and select representative S3 objects from your buckets. Macie then analyzes the selected objects, inspecting them for sensitive data. As the analyses progress, Macie updates statistics, inventory data, and other information that it provides about your S3 data. Macie also generates findings to report sensitive data that it finds.
Remediation
To create and configure automated sensitive data discovery jobs to analyze objects in S3 buckets, see Configuring automated sensitive data discovery for your account in the Amazon Macie User Guide.