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S3 bucket replication (cross-region or same-region) should be enabled. Cross-Region S3 replication can help with minimizing latency, and increasing operational efficiency.

Risk Level

Medium

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

HIPAA, ISO27001

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

Sure, here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate the S3 Bucket Replication misconfiguration in AWS:

  1. Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the S3 service.

  2. Select the source bucket for which you want to enable replication.

  3. Click on the “Management” tab and then select “Replication”.

  4. Click on the “Edit” button to edit the replication configuration.

  5. Select “Add rule” to add a new replication rule.

  6. In the “Source” section, select the source bucket.

  7. In the “Destination” section, select the destination bucket where you want to replicate the data.

  8. Choose the replication options like replication frequency, IAM role, etc.

  9. Click on “Save” to save the replication configuration.

  10. Once the replication configuration is saved, you will see the replication status as “Enabled” for the source bucket.

That’s it. You have successfully enabled S3 bucket replication in AWS.

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