Audit Framework Overview
High-Level Audit Domains
- Infrastructure Hardening
- Secrets Management
- Compliance & Governance
Audit Outputs
- Security Misconfiguration Reports
- Compliant Configuration Templates
- Audit Trail Documentation
Core Audit Categories
Infrastructure
VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, Security Groups
- Verify network boundary controls
- Scan for open storage access policies
- Confirm resource tagging compliance
Credentials
Access keys, secrets, and rotation policies
- Validate credential rotation mechanisms
- Confirm inactive credentials are archived
Access Controls
IAM policies, role permissions, group assignments
- Verify least privilege principle enforcement
- Review session duration limits
Monitoring
CloudTrail, CloudWatch, access logs
- Verify log retention timelines
- Validate anomaly detection rules
Audit Implementation
Audit Preparation
- Define scope and objectives using governance documents
- Obtain environment blueprints and architecture diagrams
- Establish baseline configurations from security benchmarks