Security Hub controls for Amazon Cognito
This AWS Security Hub control evaluates the Amazon Cognito service and resources. The control might not be available in all AWS Regions. For more information, see Availability of controls by Region.
[Cognito.1] Cognito user pools should have threat protection activated with full function enforcement mode for standard authentication
Category: Protect > Secure access management
Severity: Medium
Resource type:
AWS::Cognito::UserPool
AWS Config rule: cognito-user-pool-advanced-security-enabled
Schedule type: Change triggered
Parameters:
| Parameter | Description | Type | Allowed custom values | Security Hub default value |
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The threat protection enforcement mode that the control checks for. |
String |
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This control checks whether an Amazon Cognito user pool has threat protection activated with
the enforcement mode set to full function for standard authentication. The control fails
if the user pool has threat protection deactivated or if the enforcement mode isn't set
to full function for standard authentication. Unless you provide custom parameter
values, Security Hub uses the default value of ENFORCED for enforcement mode set
to full function for standard authentication.
After you create an Amazon Cognito user pool, you can activate threat protection and customize the actions that are taken in response to different risks. Or, you can use audit mode to gather metrics on detected risks without applying any security mitigations. In audit mode, threat protection publishes metrics to Amazon CloudWatch. You can see metrics after Amazon Cognito generates its first event.
Remediation
For information about activating threat protection for an Amazon Cognito user pool, see Advanced security with threat protection in the Amazon Cognito Developer Guide.
