AWSCloudTrail - RDS instance publicly exposed
Detects RDS instance creation or modification events where the database is configured as publicly accessible. Public exposure of database instances can increase the risk of unauthorized access and data leakage.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- IaaSOffice SuiteSaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- aws
- Log source service
- awscloudtrail
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 8f1630c2-2e45-4df2-be43-50fba90f601d
- Tagged by the source as
- Exfiltration
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Version
- 1