Amazon VPC just made auditing and visibility easier!

AWS has enhanced Cloud Trail logging to now include default VPC resources that are created automatically when you create or delete a VPC.

This includes:

• ✅ Default Security Groups
• ✅ Default Network ACLs
• ✅ Default Route Tables

🔍 What Was the Problem Before?

Before this update:

• Cloud Trail only logged user-initiated resource creation (i.e., what you explicitly created).
• Default resources created automatically during VPC setup weren’t logged.
• Auditing and compliance teams had to manually track these defaults across accounts.

💡 What’s Better Now?

With this new enhancement:

• Cloud Trail will now log the creation and deletion of default VPC resources.
• Events are visible directly in the Cloud Trail console.
• You get full lifecycle visibility into all critical network components, whether created by you or by AWS.

🧾 Example Use Case

✅ Security and Compliance Auditing

Now you can:

• Detect automated resource creation (like default Security Groups).
• Ensure consistent network configurations across environments.
• Respond faster to infrastructure changes or misconfiguration.

📌 Where to See This?

Head to:

• AWS Console → Cloud Trail → Event History
• Filter by events related to CreateVpc, DeleteVpc, and associated sub-resources

🛡️ Why This Matters

If you're in:

• 🛡️ Security operations
• 🧾 Governance and compliance
• 🔧 Infrastructure monitoring

…this update gives you deeper insight and control over your VPC resources without relying on manual tracking or custom logging logic.

🚀 Final Thoughts

This is a subtle but powerful improvement for teams that care about auditability, security, and clean network architecture.

💬 Have you set up Cloud Trail alerts for your VPC events?

Let’s talk in the comments!