Deferred Maintenance
Deferred Maintenance feature should be enabled for your Amazon Redshift clusters.
Deferred Maintenance feature should be enabled for your Amazon Redshift clusters.
User activity logging should be enabled for your Amazon Redshift clusters.
Idle AWS Redshift clusters should be terminated in order to optimize AWS costs.
Retention period should be enabled for Amazon Redshift automated snapshots.
Version Upgrade should be enabled for Redshift clusters to automatically receive upgrades during the maintenance window.
Audit logging should be enabled for Redshift clusters for security and troubleshooting purposes.
AWS Redshift database clusters should not be using "awsuser" (default master user name) for database access.
Amazon Redshift clusters should not be using port 5439 (default port) for database access.
Database encryption should be enabled for AWS Redshift clusters to protect your data at rest.
Redshift clusters should be encrypted with KMS customer master keys (CMKs) in order to have full control over data encryption and decryption.
Amazon Redshift clusters should be launched within a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
Amazon Redshift clusters should not be publicly accessible in order to minimise security risks.
Your AWS Redshift cluster nodes should be of a given type.
AWS Redshift clusters with high disk usage should be scaled to increase their storage capacity.
Redshift clusters should be using the latest generation of nodes for performance improvements.
Your AWS account should not have reached the limit set for the number of Redshift cluster nodes.
AWS Redshift non-default parameter groups require SSL to secure data in transit.
Amazon Redshift Reserved Nodes (RN) should be renewed before expiration.
Amazon Redshift Reserved Nodes (RN) should be renewed before expiration.
Ensure that none of your AWS Redshift Reserved Node purchases have been failed.
Ensure that none of your AWS Redshift Reserved Node purchases are pending.
Ensure Redshift Reserved Node purchases are regularly reviewed for cost optimization (informational).
Underutilized Redshift clusters should be downsized in order to optimize AWS costs.
Ensure that your Amazon Redshift Reserved Nodes are being utilized.
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