CloudTrail must be configured as a multi-region trail so that API activity across all AWS regions is captured. This ensures comprehensive auditing and timely incident response. Without multi-region logging, cross-region activity can be missed, hindering detection, forensics, and compliance.
For Ansible CloudTrail resources (modules amazon.aws.cloudtrail or cloudtrail), the is_multi_region_trail property must be defined and set to true. Resources that omit is_multi_region_trail or have is_multi_region_trail: false are flagged.