Best practices

Kafka cluster has public access

Description

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) is a managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. It was detected that 'public access' option is turned on in Kafka cluster '{AwsKafkaCluster}' and it may be exploited by malicious attackers. However, this cluster also meets conditions that were ensured by AWS and essentially reduce security risks significantly.
  • Recommended Mitigation

    It is recommended to turn off 'public access' option in order to prevent unauthorized access. For more information: <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/client-access.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/client-access.html</a>