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StigReady Applied for RHEL 8: CIS Benchmark aligned Level 2 remediation on the StigReady base, scored in the build. OpenSCAP score 98.8% against the unmodified SSG CIS Benchmark Level 2 Server profile (as of 2026-10-19). Full evidence bundle (OpenSCAP, POA&M, SBOM, CVE) published per version.
Overview
StigReady Applied for RHEL 8: CIS Benchmark aligned Level 2 remediation on the StigReady base, scored in the build. OpenSCAP score 98.8% against the unmodified SSG CIS Benchmark Level 2 Server profile (as of 2026-10-19). Full evidence bundle (OpenSCAP, POA&M, SBOM, CVE) published per version.
Who this is for: Teams that need a remediated, evidence-backed baseline for regulated workloads - the OpenSCAP score and audit artifacts your assessors can review without re-scanning from scratch on day one.
What you get (StigReady Applied tier):
- StigReady Base partition layout plus CIS Benchmark aligned Level 2 remediation (StigForge roles)
- Scored in the build against the raw, unmodified SSG CIS Benchmark Level 2 Server profile
- Evidence bundle: OpenSCAP results, POA&M, SBOM, CVE scan (URL in Support)
- The published score counts every documented exemption as a failure. Boot loader, root and sudo password rules fail until you run sudo stigready-set-credentials (AWS Marketplace does not allow these passwords in an AMI). Rules that do not apply to a cloud AMI (for example remote log offload and smartcard/CAC) are listed with a POA&M entry and the customer action in the evidence bundle.
- Boot-verified on AWS Nitro; built from official OS media
Getting started:
- Subscribe and launch in EC2 with your SSH key.
- Connect as ec2-user; restrict security group TCP/22 to trusted IPs.
- Download evidence from the URL in Support; see https://stigready.com/applied .
Support: support@stigready.com | https://stigready.com/applied
Listing copy revision: 2026-10-22-0084
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Bring Your Own License (BYOL): you must hold appropriate Red Hat subscription rights for instances you run. This product is repackaged software from StigReady; StigReady does not provide commercial licenses for Red Hat products. Red Hat, Inc. holds the Red Hat trademarks.
Highlights
- Published OpenSCAP score 98.8% (unmodified profile; as of 2026-10-19)
- Full evidence bundle: OpenSCAP, POA&M, SBOM, and CVE scan
- BYOL - bring your own Red Hat subscription
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.08 |
t3.micro | $0.08 |
t3.small | $0.08 |
t3.large | $0.08 |
t3.xlarge | $0.08 |
t3.2xlarge | $0.08 |
m5.large | $0.08 |
m5.xlarge | $0.08 |
m5.2xlarge | $0.08 |
m5.4xlarge | $0.08 |
Dimensions summary
You pay an hourly software fee for this pre-hardened image, charged per running instance on top of your EC2 costs. The 17 dimensions map to specific EC2 instance types across general-purpose, compute-optimized, and memory-optimized families. Your rate scales with the instance size and family you choose, from smaller t3 shared-core instances up to larger m5, m6i, c5, and r5 sizes. The software itself is the same across every option; you select the instance type that fits your workload. Billing runs by the hour based on actual usage.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
Each image ships with an evidence bundle: an OpenSCAP ARF file, an HTML report, a POA&M, an SBOM, and a CVE scan. These are scored in-build against the raw security profile. FIPS mode is enabled on the hardened images using the OS vendor's validated cryptographic modules.
The software fee meters per running instance by the hour. A stopped instance does not accrue the hourly software charge. You may still pay underlying AWS storage fees while an instance is stopped, but those are separate from this listing's software fee.
No. The hourly rate is a software fee charged on top of your EC2 costs. AWS bills the underlying instance separately based on the type you launch. Each dimension maps to one EC2 instance type, so your total cost combines the software fee and the EC2 charge.
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Version release notes
StigReady Applied RHEL 8 v1.0.2. AMI name: stigapplied-cis-l2-rhel8-v1.0.2. Evidence and documentation: https://stigready.com/applied . OpenSCAP score 98.8% against the unmodified SSG CIS Benchmark Level 2 Server profile (as of 2026-10-19). Remediation via the StigForge-generated, publicly published Ansible roles; evidence includes POA&M and SBOM.
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Usage instructions
Subscribe in AWS Marketplace, then launch in EC2 with your SSH key pair. Connect via SSH as ec2-user. The recommended security group allows SSH (TCP 22) from 0.0.0.0/0; narrow it to your admin network's IP range when you launch. This AMI requires IMDSv2-compatible instance metadata settings at launch. Documentation: https://stigready.com/applied . Download the per-version evidence bundle (OpenSCAP reports, POA&M, SBOM, CVE scan) from the URL in Support below. To meet the STIG/CIS boot loader, root and sudo password requirements on your instance, run sudo stigready-set-credentials after first login (AWS Marketplace policy does not allow these passwords to ship in the AMI).
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Listing copy revision: 2026-10-22-0084. Contact support@stigready.com and see https://stigready.com/applied for documentation, evidence bundle interpretation, scan discrepancies, and listing/version questions. Per-build evidence for v1.0.2 is linked from
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