DynamoDB Table Not Encrypted

• Query id: 4bd21e68-38c1-4d58-acdc-6a14b203237f
• Query name: DynamoDB Table Not Encrypted
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: High
• Category: Encryption
• URL: Github

Description

AWS DynamoDB Tables should have server-side encryption
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

Resources:
  MyDynamoDBTable:
    Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
    Properties:
      TableName: my-table
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: id
          AttributeType: N
        - AttributeName: name
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: id
          KeyType: HASH
      ProvisionedThroughput:
        ReadCapacityUnits: 5
        WriteCapacityUnits: 5
      SSESpecification:
        SSEEnabled: false

Positive test num. 2 - yaml file

Resources:
  MyDynamoDBTable:
    Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
    Properties:
      TableName: my-table
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: id
          AttributeType: N
        - AttributeName: name
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: id
          KeyType: HASH
      ProvisionedThroughput:
        ReadCapacityUnits: 5
        WriteCapacityUnits: 5
      SSESpecification:
        SSEType: KMS

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

Resources:
  MyDynamoDBTable:
    Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
    Properties:
      TableName: my-table
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: id
          AttributeType: N
        - AttributeName: name
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: id
          KeyType: HASH
      ProvisionedThroughput:
        ReadCapacityUnits: 5
        WriteCapacityUnits: 5
      SSESpecification:
        SSEEnabled: true