Overview
This image of Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS is preconfigured by CIS to the recommendations in the associated CIS Benchmark. CIS Benchmarks are vendor agnostic, consensus-based security configuration guides both developed and accepted by government, business, industry, and academia. CIS Benchmarks also provide a foundation to comply with numerous cybersecurity frameworks. Cloud environments and operating systems are not secure by default. Launching an image hardened according to the trusted security configuration baselines prescribed by a CIS Benchmark will reduce cost, time, and risk to an organization. This image has been hardened by CIS and is configured with the majority of the recommendations included in the free PDF version of the corresponding CIS Benchmark. The Level 1 Profile settings within the CIS Benchmark have been applied with the intent to provide a clear security benefit without inhibiting the utility of the technology beyond acceptable means. To learn more or access the corresponding CIS Benchmark, please visit the Center for Internet Security website or visit our community platform, CIS WorkBench. The Benchmark that is the basis for this image was developed for system and application administrators, security specialists, auditors, help desk professionals, and platform deployment personnel who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions that incorporate Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS.
Highlights
- Hardened according to a Level 1 CIS Benchmark that is developed in a consensus-based process and that is accepted by government, business, industry, and academia.
Details
Typical total price
$0.056/hour
Pricing
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
m6g.medium | $0.022 | $0.038 | $0.06 |
m6g.large | $0.022 | $0.077 | $0.099 |
m6g.xlarge | $0.022 | $0.154 | $0.176 |
m6g.2xlarge | $0.022 | $0.308 | $0.33 |
m6g.4xlarge | $0.022 | $0.616 | $0.638 |
m6g.8xlarge | $0.022 | $1.232 | $1.254 |
m6g.12xlarge | $0.022 | $1.848 | $1.87 |
m6g.16xlarge | $0.022 | $2.464 | $2.486 |
m6g.metal | $0.022 | $2.464 | $2.486 |
m6gd.medium | $0.022 | $0.045 | $0.067 |
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.
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Delivery details
64-bit (Arm) 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 "ubuntu" as the username. Immediately apply latest security updates after launching the instance.
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Other security aspects related to grub, pam authentication, apparmor profile security enforcing are very mich useful from cis benchmark to implement in production grade systems.