How to Enable Logging on Every AWS Service in Existence (Circa 2021)

Cloud security best practices, as well as most compliance programs, require that logging be enabled for all in-scope services. However, that simple requirement — “enable logging” — comes with many followup questions. Is CloudTrail enough? How do I turn on logging for all these services? Aren’t logs collected by default? What. even. is. a. log?

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Founder of @CloudSploit , acquired by @AquaSecTeam . Former Infra / Security / Manager @Adobe , @Aviary & @Mozilla intern, @RITtigers grad, @NYC resident

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Matt Fuller

Founder of @CloudSploit , acquired by @AquaSecTeam . Former Infra / Security / Manager @Adobe , @Aviary & @Mozilla intern, @RITtigers grad, @NYC resident