github.com/khulnasoft-lab/defsec@v1.0.5-0.20230827010352-5e9f46893d95/avd_docs/aws/cloudwatch/AVD-AWS-0157/docs.md (about) 1 2 You can do real-time monitoring of API calls by directing CloudTrail logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms. 3 NACLs are used as a stateless packet filter to control ingress and egress traffic for subnets in a VPC. 4 5 CIS recommends that you create a metric filter and alarm for changes to NACLs. Monitoring these changes helps ensure that AWS resources and services aren't unintentionally exposed. 6 7 ### Impact 8 Network ACLs control the ingress and egress, changes could be made to maliciously allow egress of data or external ingress. Without alerting, this could go unnoticed. 9 10 <!-- DO NOT CHANGE --> 11 {{ remediationActions }} 12 13 ### Links 14 - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudwatch-alarms-for-cloudtrail.html 15 16