SageMaker training job not run inside a VPC

Severity
Medium
Service
SageMaker
Check ID
SAGEMAKER_TRAINING_NO_VPC

What this check finds

A SageMaker training job that is running, or ran in the last 90 days, has no VPC configuration. Its containers reach the internet and AWS endpoints directly, so training data and model artifacts can leave without passing any network control you own.

Passing looks like: SageMaker training jobs run inside a VPC.

How to fix it

Submit training jobs with --vpc-config SecurityGroupIds=...,Subnets=... (private subnets, with VPC endpoints for S3 and SageMaker), and set the same in the pipeline or SDK estimator (subnets=, security_group_ids=).

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

Compliance controls mapped to SageMaker training job not run inside a VPC
FrameworkControls
PCI-DSS v4.0.1
  • 1.3 Network access to and from the cardholder data environment is restricted
HIPAA Security Rule
  • 164.312(e)(1) Implement technical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to ePHI in transit
SOC 2 — Trust Services Criteria
  • CC6.4 Network Security Controls
NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate)
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
  • PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A
  • A.8.20 Networks security

AI risk mappings

AI risk taxonomies mapped to SageMaker training job not run inside a VPC
FrameworkControls
MITRE ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems)
  • AML.T0025 Exfiltration via Cyber Means

Checked on every scan

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