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This product has charges associated with it for security hardening. Madarson IT's Level 2 hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS AMI delivers pre-configured security controls for compliance-driven teams in healthcare, finance, and regulated industries.
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Madarson IT Hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Level 2: Advanced
This is a repackaged software product. Additional charges apply for the security hardening applied to the base Ubuntu 22.04 LTS image.
Deploy a pre-hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS AMI built for security engineers, DevOps teams, and compliance officers operating in regulated environments. This Level 2 hardened image ships with advanced security controls pre-applied, helping your organization achieve audit-readiness faster and reducing the manual effort of hardening from scratch.
What Is Included
- Level 2 Advanced Hardening Controls: Advanced hardening measures applied across access controls, kernel parameters, filesystem permissions, network configurations, and service management
- Compliance Framework Mapping: Controls map to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO 27000 series, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other regulatory standards
- Stringent Access Controls: SSH hardening, restrictive user permissions, disabled unnecessary services, and locked-down system configurations
- Regular Updates: Image maintained with current security patches and hardening rule updates
AWS Integration
This hardened AMI is designed to work with key AWS services:
- AWS Systems Manager - Use for automated patching, inventory management, and compliance reporting
- Amazon CloudWatch - Monitor system logs, set alarms, and track security-relevant metrics
- AWS Inspector - Run vulnerability assessments against the hardened instance to validate security posture
- AWS Config - Track configuration changes and evaluate compliance rules continuously
Deployment Scenarios
Healthcare Organizations (HIPAA): Deploy HIPAA-regulated workloads on pre-hardened instances. Security teams can launch compliant EC2 instances without spending weeks on manual hardening, accelerating time-to-production for electronic health record systems and patient data processing pipelines.
Financial Services (PCI DSS): Retailers and fintech companies preparing for PCI DSS audits can launch pre-hardened instances that already implement required access controls and system integrity measures, reducing audit preparation time significantly.
Regulated SaaS Providers: Engineering teams building multi-tenant applications in regulated verticals can standardize on this hardened base image across their fleet, ensuring consistent security posture from development through production.
Why Choose Madarson IT
Madarson IT certified images are always up to date, secure, follow industry standards, and are built to work right out of the box. Our hardening process applies controls that help protect against unauthorized access, denial of service attacks, and other cyberthreats by limiting potential weaknesses that make systems vulnerable.
The Level 2: Advanced configuration goes beyond foundational hardening to address more sophisticated and persistent threats, implementing controls that deliver stronger security assurance for organizations with elevated risk profiles.
Madarson IT publishes hardened and customized images across AWS, GCP, and Azure Marketplaces.
Technical Notes
- Organizations may need to customize certain controls based on their specific security requirements and risk profile
- Some services and daemons may be disabled by default as part of hardening - review your application requirements against the hardening configuration
- This image serves as a strong security baseline that teams can build upon for their specific compliance needs
Disclaimer: Canonical Ltd. owns the trademarks for Ubuntu and its associated branding. Madarson IT does not provide commercial licenses on any third-party product.
Highlights
- Compliance-mapped hardening aligned to NIST CSF, ISO 27000, PCI DSS, and HIPAA frameworks. Level 2 Advanced Hardening applies stringent access controls, kernel hardening, network security configurations, and audit logging to help organizations meet regulatory requirements. Deploy on AWS EC2 and integrate with AWS Systems Manager, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Inspector for ongoing compliance monitoring and vulnerability assessment.
- Advanced Level 2 hardening goes beyond foundational security controls to address sophisticated and persistent threats. Unlike baseline configurations, this image implements more stringent kernel restrictions, tighter access controls, additional service lockdowns, and enhanced network security measures - delivering stronger security assurance for organizations with elevated risk profiles in healthcare, finance, and regulated industries.
- Reduced attack surface through advanced, multi-layer hardening of the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS operating system. Unnecessary services and protocols are disabled, user permissions follow strict least-privilege principles, and system parameters are optimized to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of your workloads - going further than standard hardening to meet the demands of compliance-intensive environments.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
c5.large Recommended | $0.05 |
c6a.16xlarge | $1.60 |
r3.2xlarge | $0.20 |
c7a.48xlarge | $4.80 |
m4.10xlarge | $1.00 |
t3a.2xlarge | $0.20 |
r7a.large | $0.05 |
r7a.8xlarge | $0.80 |
r4.2xlarge | $0.20 |
m5.xlarge | $0.10 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened Ubuntu 22.04 image, billed per running instance. Pricing is not tiered by features. Instead, each dimension maps to a specific AWS EC2 instance type, so your rate depends on the compute size you choose. Options span general-purpose (m-series, t-series), compute-optimized (c-series), memory-optimized (r-series), storage (d-series), GPU (g5), and high-memory (u-series) families. Larger instances carry higher hourly rates. Costs scale with instance size and how many hours each instance runs. All instances include the same Level 2 security hardening.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
The software charge meters running instance-hours only. A fully stopped instance does not accrue the hourly software fee. Underlying AWS storage costs may still apply while the instance is stopped, but those are separate from this listing's per-hour rate.
Each dimension maps to one specific AWS EC2 instance type. One unit equals one running instance of that type for one hour. If you run several instances at once, each accrues its own hourly rate. The rate reflects that instance's compute, memory, or storage size.
No. Every instance type carries the same Level 2 hardening, aligned with common security frameworks. Your instance choice affects only the hourly rate and the compute, memory, storage, or GPU capacity you receive. It does not change the hardening configuration applied to the Ubuntu 22.04 image.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS image - Level 2: Advanced.
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To connect to the Instance: Allow inbound SSH access in your security group (TCP port 22) Access the ec2 with the default username: "ubuntu" and the private key used to launch the instance.
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Contact Madarson IT Support
For questions about deployment, configuration, private offers, audits, or compliance needs, contact the Madarson IT team at info@madarsonit.com .
Support Scope
Our team can assist with:
- Initial deployment and launch guidance
- Hardening configuration questions
- Compliance mapping inquiries
- Private offer and custom configuration requests
- Audit preparation support
Please include your AWS account ID and instance details when reaching out to help us assist you more efficiently.
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