database-1 (audit H-19) and the LedgerFlow stack (incl. ledgerflow-pos) were
decommissioned 2026-06-03. Drop database-1 from the critical-data selection and
ledgerflow-pos from phase2-offsite-everything so daily jobs don't target missing
resources. database-1's final recovery point is retained encrypted in the
seahaven-offsite vault (7yr); ledgerflow-pos has a final on-demand DynamoDB
backup. Deployed before merge (seahaven-backup UPDATE_COMPLETE).
Add a second BackupSelection 'phase2-offsite-everything' on the existing
seahaven-critical-daily plan covering the 15 remaining DynamoDB tables and
all 9 in-use EBS volumes, with the same daily backup + cross-region copy to
the GOVERNANCE-locked seahaven-offsite vault ('offsite for everything').
Reuses seahaven-backup-service-role (AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
already grants DDB/RDS/EBS) - no IAM change. Explicit-ARN (not tag-based) to
avoid drifting the standalone file-share volumes and stack-owned tables, same
as phase-1. The 4 deprecated ledgerflow delete-targets are excluded.
Cross-reviewed (no BLOCK). Follow-up: migrate EBS to tag-based selection with
tags codified in owning stacks for resilience to volume replacement.
Deployed to seahaven-backup before merge; selection verified live (24 resources).
* Add AWS Backup with offsite vault (audit C-7)
The account had zero AWS Backup vaults/plans, so 22 of 23 data stores
had no immutable, cross-region recovery path (audit finding C-7). One
ransomware event or rogue delete would erase primary plus same-region
snapshots/PITR.
Phase 1 ("critical data first") protects the seven highest-risk stores
with no offsite leg today (2 RDS, 2 DynamoDB, 3 S3) via a daily plan in
a new us-east-1 vault, copied cross-region into a governance-locked
us-west-2 vault. Governance (not compliance) mode first so the plan can
be validated before committing to irreversible immutability.
The backup service role is backup-only (no restore policies) to stay
least-privilege; restores get a separate audited path later. Resources
are selected by explicit ARN to avoid drifting the stacks that own them.
Deploys via the shared cdk deploy --all alongside the C-1 CloudTrail
stack. See the README pre-deploy gates (S3 versioning, database-1
unencrypted copy smoke-test, DynamoDB PITR) before the first run.
* Grant AWS Backup service use of vault CMKs
The L2 BackupVault does not grant the backup service principal use of a
customer-managed key; the synthesized key policy only delegated to
account IAM. Cross-region copy of encrypted RDS/EBS recovery points uses
KMS grants on the destination key, so without an explicit grant those
copy jobs fail — and silently, since the account has no CloudTrail yet.
Add backup.amazonaws.com crypto + CreateGrant statements to both vault
keys, scoped by aws:SourceAccount (cross-review BLOCK 2; mirrors the
discipline used on the C-1 CloudTrail key). Same class of bug the C-1
cross-review caught on the CloudTrail CMK.
