AWS-Route53-Domain-Expiry

Severity: High

Description: This control ensures that AWS Route 53 Registered domains are not expired. Expired Route 53 Registered domains can be renewed before late renewal time. Renewal of an expired domain adds an additional layer of protection against malicious entities to re-register this domain to gathering the insider data.

Remediation Steps:

Perform following to enable auto renew feature for registered domain:

1. Login to the AWS Management Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com.

2. Navigate to o Route 53 console.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Registered Domains.

4. Choose the name of the domain for which you want to extend the registration period.

5. In the Expires on, click extend.

6. In Extend registration for list, choose number of years that you want to extend the registration for.

7. Choose Extend domain registration.

Important:

Reference:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-restore-expired.html

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-renew.html