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    CIS Amazon Linux 2 STIG Benchmark

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    The CIS AMI for Amazon Linux 2 is hardened in accordance with the associated CIS STIG Benchmark that was developed for configuring systems according to STIGs while addressing the additions between the original CIS Benchmark. Reduce cost, time, and risk in building your solution.
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    CIS Amazon Linux 2 STIG Benchmark

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    Overview

    CIS Amazon Linux 2 STIG Hardened Image is a pre-configured image built by the Center for Internet Security (CIS) for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). It is built to offer an image secured to industry-recognized security guidance running on Amazon EC2.

    This image of Amazon Linux 2 STIG is pre-hardened to CIS Benchmarks guidance and patched monthly. No packages are installed on or removed from this image outside of those already present on the base image or as recommended in alignment with the corresponding CIS Benchmark recommendations.

    Guidance from the DoD Cloud Computing SRG indicates that CIS Benchmarks are an acceptable alternative in place of DISA STIGs - configuration standards for DoD Information Assurance (IA) and IA-enabled devices/systems. Launching an image that is hardened according to the CIS STIG Benchmark recommendations provides the ability to easily implement CIS guidance and DISA STIG at once.

    To demonstrate conformance to the CIS Amazon Linux 2 STIG Benchmark, industry-recognized hardening guidance, each image includes an HTML report from CIS Configuration Assessment Tool (CIS-CAT Pro). Each CIS Hardened Image contains the following files:

    • Base_CIS-CAT_Report.html - this provides a report of CIS-CAT Pro run against the instance before any change is made by CIS (e.g., software updates, CIS hardening)

    • basevm.txt - this provides a list of the packages resident on the instance prior to any change being made by CIS (e.g., software updates, CIS hardening)

    • CIS-CAT_Report.html - this provides a report of CIS-CAT Pro run against the instance after the corresponding CIS Benchmark was applied to the image.

    • Exceptions.txt - this provides a list of recommendations that are not applied because the configuration of those recommendations may inhibit the use of this image in this CSP, require environment-specific expertise, or hinder the integration of this image with CSP services or extensions.

    • afterhardening.txt - this provides a list of packages resident on the instance after the corresponding CIS Benchmark was applied to the image.

    These reports are located in /home/CIS_Hardened_Reports.

    To speak with us about additional pricing options and private offers, please contact us at cloudsecurity@cisecurity.org .

    Highlights

    • Hardened according to a CIS STIG Benchmark that is developed in a consensus-based process and that is accepted by government, business, industry, and academia.
    • Reduce time, cost, and risk with prehardened AMIs
    • Pre-configured to align with industry best practices that are developed and supported by CIS, this image has hardened account and local policies, firewall configuration, and computer-based and user-based administrative templates.

    Details

    Delivery method

    Delivery option
    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Latest version

    Operating system
    AmazonLinux 2

    Typical total price

    This estimate is based on use of the seller's recommended configuration (t3.medium) in the US East (N. Virginia) Region. View pricing details

    $0.064/hour

    Pricing

    CIS Amazon Linux 2 STIG Benchmark

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    Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time. Alternatively, you can pay upfront for a contract, which typically covering your anticipated usage for the contract duration. Any usage beyond contract will incur additional usage-based costs.
    Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator  to estimate your infrastructure costs.

    Usage costs (327)

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    Instance type
    Product cost/hour
    EC2 cost/hour
    Total/hour
    t2.nano
    $0.022
    $0.006
    $0.028
    t2.micro
    AWS Free Tier
    $0.022
    $0.012
    $0.034
    t2.small
    $0.022
    $0.023
    $0.045
    t2.medium
    $0.022
    $0.046
    $0.068
    t2.large
    $0.022
    $0.093
    $0.115
    t2.xlarge
    $0.022
    $0.186
    $0.208
    t2.2xlarge
    $0.022
    $0.371
    $0.393
    t3.nano
    $0.022
    $0.005
    $0.027
    t3.micro
    AWS Free Tier
    $0.022
    $0.01
    $0.032
    t3.small
    $0.022
    $0.021
    $0.043

    Additional AWS infrastructure costs

    Type
    Cost
    EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes
    $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage

    Vendor refund policy

    Refunds through AWS are not available at this time. You will only be billed for actual time of instance use. As with all CIS security products, our aim is always 100 percent customer/member satisfaction.

    Legal

    Vendor terms and conditions

    Upon subscribing to this product, you must acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the vendor's End User License Agreement (EULA) .

    Content disclaimer

    Vendors are responsible for their product descriptions and other product content. AWS does not warrant that vendors' product descriptions or other product content are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

    Usage information

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    Delivery details

    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    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

    NA

    Additional details

    Usage instructions

    Once the instance is running, connect using SSH. Use "ec2-user" as the username. Immediately apply latest security updates after launching the instance.

    Support

    Vendor support

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