Ensure that the Deletion Protection feature is enabled for all your Application and Network Load Balancers in order to protect them from being accidentally deleted.
This rule resolution is part of the Conformity Security & Compliance tool for AWS.
With Deletion Protection safety feature enabled, you have the guarantee that your Application and Network Load Balancers can't be accidentally deleted and make sure that your load-balanced environment remains safe.
Audit
To determine if your Application and Network Load Balancers are protected against accidental deletion, perform the following actions:
Remediation / Resolution
To enable the Deletion Protection feature for your Application and Network Load Balancers, perform the following actions:
References
- AWS Documentation
- Elastic Load Balancing FAQs
- Elastic Load Balancing features
- Application Load Balancers
- AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) Documentation
- describe-load-balancers
- describe-load-balancer-attributes
- modify-load-balancer-attributes
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ELBv2 Elastic Load Balancing Deletion Protection
Risk Level: Medium