Amazon Redshift clusters should have automatic snapshots enabled

Severity: Medium

Resource Types: AWS::Redshift::Cluster

Description

This control checks whether Amazon Redshift clusters have automated snapshots enabled. It also checks whether the snapshot retention period is greater than or equal to seven.

Backups help you to recover more quickly from a security incident. They strengthen the resilience of your systems. Amazon Redshift takes periodic snapshots by default. This control checks whether automatic snapshots are enabled and retained for at least seven days.

Remediation

To remediate this issue, update the snapshot retention period to at least 7.

To modify the snapshot retention period

1. Open the Amazon Redshift console.
2. In the navigation menu, choose Clusters, then choose the name of the cluster to modify.
3. Choose Edit.
4. Under Backup, set Snapshot retention to a value of 7 or greater.
5. Choose Modify Cluster.