Instance with unencrypted Cassandra Thrift (TCP:9160) is exposed to a wide network scope

Services and databases store data that may be sensitive, protected by law, subject to regulatory requirements or compliance standards. It is highly recommended that access to data will be restricted to encrypted protocols. This rule detects network settings that may expose data via unencrypted protocol over the public internet or to a too wide local scope.

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Risk Level: Medium
Cloud Entity: Amazon EC2 Instance
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.AWS.NET.AG2.4.Instance.9160.TCP
Covered by Spectral: No
Category: Compute

GSL LOGIC

Instance where inboundRules contain [port <= 9160 and portTo >= 9160 and protocol in ('TCP','ALL')] should not have inboundRules contain [port <= 9160 and portTo >= 9160 and protocol in ('TCP','ALL') and scope numberOfHosts() > 256]

REMEDIATION

It is recommended to remove the rules that allow permissive SSH/Remote/Admin access.

If public interface exists, remove it and limit the access scope within the VPC only to applications or instances that requires access.

Amazon Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html

As a further protection, use CloudGuard Dynamic Access Leasing to limit access to SSH/Remote Desktop only from allowed sources and only when needed.
For more information please refer to: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/Network-Security/DynAccessLease.html?tocpath=Network%20Security%7C_____3

Amazon EC2 Instance

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers.

Compliance Frameworks

LGPD
NETWSEC-V2

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