Description
Open source pgaudit extension enables you to manage and access logs in a central location. By enabling cloudsql.enable_pgaudit flag and installing the extension you enable database auditing in your PostgreSQL through pgAudit. This extension provides detailed session and object logging to comply with government, financial, & ISO standards and provides auditing capabilities to mitigate threats by monitoring security events on the instance. It was detected that the Sql Instance {GcpSqlInstance} pgaudit flag is disabled.
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Recommended Mitigation
It is recommended to add the following database flag: 'cloudsql.enable_pgaudit=on', create the extension (by connecting to the server running PostgreSQL or through a SQL client of your choice), and make sure Data Access Audit logs are enabled for your project and have sufficient privileges and that logs are being sent to Logs Explorer.