AWS Security ChangesHomeSearch

AWS config: Add RDS admin-check and SQL Server log rules to index

Service: config · 2026-11-03 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/managing-rules-by-region-availability.md · Type: iam

Summary

Adds index entries for the AWS Config managed rules rds-instance-default-admin-check and rds-sql-server-logs-to-cloudwatch to the region-availability rule list.

Security assessment

The added links point to security-relevant managed rules (detecting unchanged RDS default admin credentials and verifying SQL Server log publishing to CloudWatch), so this documents security best-practice controls, but it is only an index addition with no vulnerability or incident referenced.

Evidence

+  * [rds-instance-default-admin-check](./rds-instance-default-admin-check.html)

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/managing-rules-by-region-availability.md b/config/latest/developerguide/managing-rules-by-region-availability.md
index 6ae5e6f..d80b5ab 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/managing-rules-by-region-availability.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/managing-rules-by-region-availability.md
@@ -11632,0 +11633,2 @@ AWS Config currently supports the following managed rules. Before using these ru
+  * [rds-instance-default-admin-check](./rds-instance-default-admin-check.html)
+
@@ -11666,0 +11669,2 @@ AWS Config currently supports the following managed rules. Before using these ru
+  * [rds-sql-server-logs-to-cloudwatch](./rds-sql-server-logs-to-cloudwatch.html)
+