Details
Tags enable customers to categorize AWS resources in different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment.
Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which customer’s define.
You should define a set of tags for the following items to help you track each instance’s owner and operating environment, cost center, and other items.
* Amazon EC2 instances
* ELB
* EBS Volumes
* S3 Buckets
A resource may have up to 10 tags associated with key “>Key=tier, Value=app
* Key=environment, Value=production
* Key=costcenter, Value=sales
Tagging creates a unique set of identifiers which can be applied to AWS resources such as EC2.
Tagging enables the following:
* detailed billing analysis
* access management through AWS IAM policies
* asset management through AWS Config Rules
* AWS Inspector assessment groups
NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.
Solution
Tag all your 3 tier Web Application resources based on their tier membership (Web, App, Data), and your organizational requirements.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This control applies to the following type of system amazon_aws.