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Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for route table changes

AWS-0159
Service: cloudwatchSeverity: low
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You can do real-time monitoring of API calls by directing CloudTrail logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms. Routing tables route network traffic between subnets and to network gateways. CIS recommends that you create a metric filter and alarm for changes to route tables. Monitoring these changes helps ensure that all VPC traffic flows through an expected path.

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# METADATA
# title: Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for route table changes
# description: |
#   You can do real-time monitoring of API calls by directing CloudTrail logs to CloudWatch Logs and establishing corresponding metric filters and alarms.
#   Routing tables route network traffic between subnets and to network gateways.
#   CIS recommends that you create a metric filter and alarm for changes to route tables. Monitoring these changes helps ensure that all VPC traffic flows through an expected path.
# scope: package
# schemas:
#   - input: schema["cloud"]
# related_resources:
#   - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudwatch-alarms-for-cloudtrail.html
# custom:
#   id: AWS-0159
#   long_id: aws-cloudwatch-require-network-gateway-changes-alarm
#   aliases:
#     - AVD-AWS-0159
#     - require-network-gateway-changes-alarm
#     - aws-cloudwatch-require-network-gateway-changes-alarm
#   provider: aws
#   service: cloudwatch
#   severity: LOW
#   recommended_action: Create an alarm to alert on route table changes
#   frameworks:
#     cis-aws-1.2:
#       - "3.13"
#     cis-aws-1.4:
#       - "4.13"
#   input:
#     selector:
#       - type: cloud
#         subtypes:
#           - service: cloudwatch
#             provider: aws
package builtin.aws.cloudwatch.aws0159

import rego.v1

import data.lib.aws.trails

pattern := `{($.eventName=CreateRoute) || ($.eventName=CreateRouteTable) || ($.eventName=ReplaceRoute) || ($.eventName=ReplaceRouteTableAssociation) || ($.eventName=DeleteRouteTable) || ($.eventName=DeleteRoute) || ($.eventName=DisassociateRouteTable)}`

deny contains res if {
	some trail in trails.trails_without_filter(pattern)
	res := result.new("Cloudtrail has no route table change log filter", trail)
}

deny contains res if {
	some trail in trails.trails_without_alarm_for_filter(pattern)
	res := result.new("Cloudtrail has no route table change alarm", trail)
}