Amazon Step Functions controls
These controls are related to Step Functions resources.
These controls may not be available in all Amazon Web Services Regions. For more information, see Availability of controls by Region.
[StepFunctions.1] Step Functions state machines should have logging turned on
Category: Identify > Logging
Severity: Medium
Resource type:
AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine
Amazon Config rule:
step-functions-state-machine-logging-enabled
Schedule type: Change triggered
Parameters:
| Parameter | Description | Type | Allowed custom values | Security Hub default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Minimum logging level |
Enum |
|
No default value |
This controls checks whether an Amazon Step Functions state machine has logging turned on. The control fails if a state machine
doesn't have logging turned on. If you provide a custom value for the logLevel parameter, the control passes
only if the state machine has the specified logging level turned on.
Monitoring helps you maintain the reliability, availability, and performance of Step Functions. You should collect as much monitoring data from the Amazon Web Services that you use so you can more easily debug multi-point failures. Having a logging configuration defined for your Step Functions state machines allows for you to track execution history and results in Amazon CloudWatch Logs. Optionally, you can track only errors or fatal events.
Remediation
To turn on logging for a Step Functions state machine, see Configure logging in the Amazon Step Functions Developer Guide.
[StepFunctions.2] Step Functions activities should be tagged
Category: Identify > Inventory > Tagging
Severity: Low
Resource type:
Amazon::StepFunctions::Activity
Amazon Config rule:tagged-stepfunctions-activity (custom Security Hub rule)
Schedule type: Change triggered
Parameters:
| Parameter | Description | Type | Allowed custom values | Security Hub default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
requiredTagKeys
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List of non-system tag keys that the evaluated resource must contain. Tag keys are case sensitive. | StringList | List of tags that meet Amazon requirements | No default value |
This control checks whether an Amazon Step Functions activity has tags with the specific keys defined in the parameter
requiredTagKeys. The control fails if the activity doesn’t have any tag keys or if it doesn’t have all the keys specified in the
parameter requiredTagKeys. If the parameter requiredTagKeys isn't provided, the control only checks for the existence
of a tag key and fails if the activity isn't tagged with any key. System tags, which are automatically applied and begin with aws:,
are ignored.
A tag is a label that you assign to an Amazon resource, and it consists of a key and an optional value. You can create tags to categorize resources by purpose, owner, environment, or other criteria. Tags can help you identify, organize, search for, and filter resources. Tagging also helps you track accountable resource owners for actions and notifications. When you use tagging, you can implement attribute-based access control (ABAC) as an authorization strategy, which defines permissions based on tags. You can attach tags to IAM entities (users or roles) and to Amazon resources. You can create a single ABAC policy or a separate set of policies for your IAM principals. You can design these ABAC policies to allow operations when the principal's tag matches the resource tag. For more information, see What is ABAC for Amazon? in the IAM User Guide.
Note
Don’t add personally identifiable information (PII) or other confidential or sensitive information in tags. Tags are accessible to many Amazon Web Services, including Amazon Billing. For more tagging best practices, see Tagging your Amazon resources in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.
Remediation
To add tags to an Step Functions activity, see Tagging in Step Functions in the Amazon Step Functions Developer Guide.