title: AWS EC2 Disable EBS Encryption
id: 16124c2d-e40b-4fcc-8f2c-5ab7870a2223
status: stable
description: Identifies disabling of default Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) encryption in the current region. Disabling default encryption does not change the encryption status of your existing volumes.
author: Sittikorn S
date: 2021/06/29
modified: 2021/08/20
references:
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DisableEbsEncryptionByDefault.html
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1486
    - attack.t1565
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection:
        eventSource: ec2.amazonaws.com
        eventName: DisableEbsEncryptionByDefault
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - System Administrator Activities
    - DEV, UAT, SAT environment. You should apply this rule with PROD account only.
level: medium
