Auditing a Cloud Account

To audit a cloud account, follow the steps below:

  1. From CoPilot UI, navigate to Cloud Resources > Cloud Account.

  2. Select the cloud account you intend to audit.

  3. Click Actions. Then select Audit Account.

  4. The Audit Report displays:

    • Status - Indicates the audit result, which can be Pass, Warning, or Fail.

If the audit fails, CoPilot sends out alert email and logs the event. In addition, CoPilot sends an alert email on behalf of any of the above condition failures reported by an account upon the first detection and subsequently every 24 hours until the problem is rectified.

  • Comment - Any comments about the account, especially if the audit failed.

  • Timestamp - The time and date when the audit was performed.

AWS: Viewing and Update Account Policies

For AWS cloud accounts, if the audit status is Warning or Failed, you can review the account’s IAM policy accordingly.

  1. Exit the Audit Report page and go to the Cloud Account page.

  2. Choose the AWS cloud that failed the account audit.

  3. On the top menu, click Actions. From the drop-down menu, click Update IAM Policy to update the account’s IAM policy.

Azure Account Audit

For the Azure account audit, the process audits the authentication details against the established Azure account credential setups. If the account audit fails, check the account authentication setups. See details in Azure Account Credential Setup.

For GCP Account Audit

For the GCP account audit, the process audits the authentication details against the established GCP account credential setups. If the account audit fails, check the account authentication setups. See details in GCP Account Credential Setup.