| 1.1 Ensure Latest SQL Server Service Packs and Hotfixes are Installed | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2 Ensure Single-Function Member Servers are Used | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 1.2 Ensure Single-Function Member Servers are Used | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 Database Engine MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2019 v1.6.0 L1 Database Engine MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 Database Engine MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2016 Database L1 DB v1.4.0 | MS_SQLDB | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.2 Ensure 'CLR Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.3 Ensure 'Cross DB Ownership Chaining' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 2.4 Ensure 'Database Mail XPs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.5 Ensure 'Ole Automation Procedures' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.6 Ensure 'Remote Access' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.7 Ensure 'Remote Admin Connections' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.7 Ensure 'Remote Admin Connections' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.8 Ensure 'Scan For Startup Procs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' - 0 | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.11 Ensure SQL Server is configured to use non-standard ports | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.13 Ensure the 'sa' Login Account is set to 'Disabled' | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 2.14 Ensure 'sa' Login Account has been renamed | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.14 Ensure 'sa' Login Account has been renamed | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.15 Ensure 'xp_cmdshell' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.15 Ensure 'xp_cmdshell' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 2.16 Ensure 'AUTO_CLOSE' is set to 'OFF' on contained databases | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.16 Ensure no login exists with the name 'sa' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 3.2 Ensure CONNECT permissions on the 'guest user' is Revoked within all SQL Server databases excluding the master, msdb and tempdb | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.2.2 Ensure the Auto Minor Version Upgrade feature is enabled for RDS instances | CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations v7.0.0 L1 | amazon_aws | RISK ASSESSMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
| 3.3 Ensure 'Orphaned Users' are Dropped From SQL Server Databases | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.3 Ensure 'Orphaned Users' are Dropped From SQL Server Databases - Orphaned Users are Dropped from SQL Server Databases | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.4 Ensure SQL Authentication is not used in contained databases | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 3.4 Ensure SQL Authentication is not used in contained databases | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 3.4 Ensure SQL Authentication is not used in contained databases | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.5 Ensure the SQL Server's MSSQL Service Account is Not an Administrator | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.6 Ensure the SQL Server's SQLAgent Service Account is Not an Administrator | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS Windows | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.8 Ensure only the default permissions specified by Microsoft are granted to the public server role | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 3.8 Ensure only the default permissions specified by Microsoft are granted to the public server role | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.10 Ensure Windows local groups are not SQL Logins | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.10 Ensure Windows local groups are not SQL Logins | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 4.2 Ensure 'CHECK_EXPIRATION' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins Within the Sysadmin Role | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 4.2 Ensure 'CHECK_EXPIRATION' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins Within the Sysadmin Role | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 4.3 Ensure 'CHECK_POLICY' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than or equal to '12' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than or equal to '12' | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than or equal to '12' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.2 Ensure 'Default Trace Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '1' | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.2 Ensure 'Default Trace Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '1' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.3 Ensure 'Login Auditing' is set to 'failed logins' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 v1.3.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' | CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 AWS RDS MS_SQLDB | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' - 'SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_GROUP' | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' - FAILED_LOGIN_GROUP | CIS SQL Server 2014 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.5.0 | MS_SQLDB | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 7.1 Ensure 'Symmetric Key encryption algorithm' is set to 'AES_128' or higher in non-system databases | CIS SQL Server 2012 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.6.0 | MS_SQLDB | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 7.1 Ensure 'Symmetric Key encryption algorithm' is set to 'AES_128' or higher in non-system databases | CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.3.0 | MS_SQLDB | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
