DynamoDB table does not have point-in-time recovery enabled
- Severity
- Medium
- Service
- DynamoDB
- Check ID
- DYNAMODB_PITR_DISABLED
What this check finds
Point-in-time recovery (PITR) allows you to restore a table to any second within the last 35 days. Without it, accidental item deletes, overwrites, or ransomware that corrupts table data cannot be reversed without a previously created on-demand backup.
Passing looks like: DynamoDB point-in-time recovery enabled.
How to fix it
Enable PITR on the table.
AWS CLI
aws dynamodb update-continuous-backups --table-name TABLE_NAME --point-in-time-recovery-specification PointInTimeRecoveryEnabled=true
Names in capitals are placeholders for your own resource. Review a command before you run it.
AWS console
DynamoDB → Tables → select table → Backups → Point-in-time recovery → Enable.
Compliance controls it is evidence for
A failing result counts against these controls in KloudLytics; a passing one is evidence towards them. How compliance mapping works
| Framework | Controls |
|---|---|
| HIPAA Security Rule |
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| NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate) |
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| NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 |
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| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A |
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Checked on every scan
KloudLytics runs this check each time it scans a connected AWS account, through a read-only role, and lists every affected resource with its region. On Pro and Business a fix is written for the specific resource rather than the general case above. The exact access it needs