Macie Flashcards

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Macie

What is Macie?

A

Discover, monitor, and protect data stored in S3 buckets

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Macie

How does it work / underlying tech?

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Scans objects for PII, PHI, finance stuff, credit card numbers, PKI, AWS creds, addresses, …

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Macie

Two types of Identifiers?

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AWS managed (built-in) and custom (you build them)

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Macie

What tech is used by Managed data identifiers?

A

ML and pattern-matching

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Macie

How can you create a custom Identifier?

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Use a regex, for example

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Macie

What happens if Macie finds something?

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Creates a Finding.

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Macie

What can you integrate with Findings?

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AWS Security Hub, EventBridge

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Macie

How do you set up multi-account with Macie?

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Automatic! Use Organizations or explicitly invite other accounts

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Macie

How do you launch Macie?

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Create a Discovery Job: schedule, which data identifiers, which buckets

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Macie

Three things in a Custom Identifier?

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Regex, keywords (with max distance), ignore words

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Macie

Two types of Findings?

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Policy (bucket is open), Sensitive Data (matched an Identifier)

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Macie

Three examples of Policy Findings?

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BlockPublicAccessDisabled, BucketEncryptionDisabled, BucketPublic

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Macie

Three examples of Sensitive Data?

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Credentials, credit card number, mailing address

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