Neptune Clusters IAM Database Authentication Should Be Enabled

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This rule checks if an Amazon Neptune cluster has AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication enabled. It marks the rule as NON_COMPLIANT if an Amazon Neptune cluster does not have IAM database authentication enabled.

Risk Level

Medium

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

CBP

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

To remediate the misconfiguration for AWS RDS Neptune Clusters IAM Database Authentication should be enabled, follow these steps using AWS CLI:

Enable IAM Database Authentication for Neptune Cluster: Run the following AWS CLI command to modify the Neptune Cluster to enable IAM Database Authentication:
```
aws neptune modify-db-cluster --db-cluster-identifier YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER --enable-iam-database-authentication
```
Replace YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER with the identifier of your Neptune Cluster.
Wait for the Modification to Complete: The modification process may take some time to complete. You can check the status of the modification by running the following command:
```
aws neptune describe-db-clusters --db-cluster-identifier YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER --query 'DBClusters[0].IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled'
```
Replace YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER with the identifier of your Neptune Cluster. Wait until the value returned is true.
Verify IAM Database Authentication: You can verify that IAM Database Authentication has been enabled for your Neptune Cluster by running the following command:
```
aws neptune describe-db-clusters --db-cluster-identifier YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER --query 'DBClusters[0].IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled'
```
Replace YOUR_DB_CLUSTER_IDENTIFIER with the identifier of your Neptune Cluster. The value returned should be true.

By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration by enabling IAM Database Authentication for your AWS RDS Neptune Cluster using AWS CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration of IAM Database Authentication not being enabled for Neptune Clusters in AWS RDS using Python, you can follow these steps:

Install the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) if you haven’t already:

pip install boto3

Use the following Python script to enable IAM Database Authentication for Neptune Clusters in AWS RDS:

import boto3

# Initialize the RDS client
rds_client = boto3.client('rds')

# Specify the name of the Neptune Cluster
neptune_cluster_identifier = 'your-neptune-cluster-identifier'

# Enable IAM Database Authentication for the specified Neptune Cluster
response = rds_client.modify_db_cluster(
    DBClusterIdentifier=neptune_cluster_identifier,
    IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled=True
)

print(f"IAM Database Authentication has been enabled for Neptune Cluster: {neptune_cluster_identifier}")

Replace 'your-neptune-cluster-identifier' with the actual identifier of your Neptune Cluster.
Run the Python script. This will enable IAM Database Authentication for the specified Neptune Cluster in AWS RDS.

By following these steps, you will successfully remediate the misconfiguration of IAM Database Authentication not being enabled for Neptune Clusters in AWS RDS using Python.

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Neptune Clusters IAM Database Authentication Should Be Enabled

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