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This product includes charges for the pre-configured security hardening setup, along with ongoing image maintenance. Foundation Level 2 Hardened Red Hat 9 builds on our Level 1 framework with additional and more stringent security controls, designed for organizations with heightened security requirements and sensitive workloads.
Overview
This Red Hat 9 virtual machine image is fully preconfigured with Foundation Security's Level 2 hardening framework and deploys in minutes. Level 2 builds on our Level 1 secure baseline by adding additional and more stringent security measures intended for high-security and highly regulated workloads.
This enhanced profile includes stricter authentication policies, advanced logging and auditing, stronger access control rules, and additional system lockdown configurations to further reduce the attack surface. Foundation Level 2 is intended for environments where security requirements exceed standard enterprise baselines - such as workloads involving sensitive data, regulated industries, or mission-critical systems where risk tolerance is extremely low.
By applying these advanced controls prior to launch, this image eliminates the extensive engineering effort typically required to achieve such a hardened state on a baseline operating system. It reduces the risk of misconfiguration, enforces stricter security boundaries, and ensures a consistent, repeatable high-security posture from day one.
Foundation Security images are updated regularly to incorporate the latest security enhancements and to maintain alignment with evolving threat landscapes. This offering is ideal for organizations that require the highest practical level of operating system security while maintaining performance and operational stability.
Foundation Security has a team of industry experts with deep knowledge of advanced hardening, compliance, and secure system design, ensuring every image is built and maintained to the highest standards. The team also provides ongoing support to help customers maintain this advanced security posture over time
Foundation Security is a proud AWS Partner focused on delivering hardened operating system images for security-conscious organizations. Our images are trusted by several Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations in regulated industries, demonstrating the reliability and proven track record of our solutions.
Highlights
- Maximum Security Baseline: Deploy a fully preconfigured Red Hat 9 virtual machine image hardened with Foundation Level 2 controls in minutes. This profile enforces more stringent security measures than Level 1, designed for organizations with the highest security requirements.
- Advanced Hardening Measures: Level 2 includes stricter authentication policies, enhanced logging and auditing, tighter access controls, and additional system lockdown settings to minimize risk in high-security environments.
- Trusted Expertise: Built and maintained by Foundation Security, a proud AWS Partner delivering advanced hardened operating system images. Our images are trusted by Fortune 500 companies and regulated industries, and are continuously updated to stay ahead of emerging threats.
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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.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.4205 |
t3.micro | $0.091 |
t2.micro | $0.091 |
c6a.4xlarge | $0.784 |
r6id.16xlarge | $0.637 |
i3.8xlarge | $0.784 |
i7ie.large | $0.4205 |
m6idn.8xlarge | $0.784 |
r5b.16xlarge | $0.637 |
g4ad.2xlarge | $0.7595 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for a hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 image, billed per running instance. Pricing is not tiered. Instead, each rate maps to a specific EC2 instance type you choose. Rates scale with the compute, memory, storage, and accelerator resources of the instance you select. Smaller shared-core types like t3.nano cost less per hour, while large memory, storage, and GPU or bare-metal types like u7in-32tb.224xlarge cost more. You match the instance to your workload and pay only for the hours each instance runs.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You get a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 image pre-configured with security controls applied using standard hardening frameworks such as STIG and NIST. These serve as a baseline level of protection. The vendor also provides on-demand support by email, phone, and chat for setup and troubleshooting.
The hourly software rate meters running time only. A stopped or powered-off instance does not accrue software charges. You pay only for the hours each instance actually runs. Note that underlying AWS storage or other resources may still bill separately even while the instance is stopped.
Each running instance is billed separately at the rate for its EC2 instance type. If you run several instances, charges add up per instance per hour. Running two of the same type doubles that hourly rate. Mixed types each bill at their own listed rate.
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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
This is the initial release of the Foundation Level 2 Hardened Red Hat 9 image by Foundation Security
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Quick Start
Launch your Red Hat 9 instance and connect using SSH on port 22. The default username is ec2-user.
Example: ssh -i /path/to/your-key.pem ec2-user@<public-ip-address>
For step-by-step instructions, see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
For improved security, we recommend connecting through AWS Systems Manager Session Manager when possible: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html
If you connect over SSH, configure your security group to allow access only from your trusted IP address.
This image has been fully hardened with Foundation Level 2 security controls applied and validated before release. No additional hardening steps are required after launch.
Once connected, you can immediately begin installing and running your applications on a secure, advanced-hardened baseline.
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Our knowledgeable support team is readily available to answer any questions you may have regarding our virtual machine images. Please feel free to contact us if you need any further information - we are always here to help. Reach out directly at support@foundationvm.com
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