Overview
This image is preconfigured by Hardened Images to the recommendations in the STIG benchmark. STIG benchmarks are vendor agnostic, consensus-based security configuration guides both developed and accepted by government, business, industry, and academia. STIG benchmark also provide a foundation to comply with numerous cybersecurity frameworks.
The STIG 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 this Linux system.
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Highlights
- Hardened according to STIG benchmark that is developed in a consensus-based process and that is accepted by government, business, industry, and academia.
- Hardening is a process of limiting potential weaknesses that make systems vulnerable to cyber attacks.
- Every Hardened Images image is updated at launch with the up to the minute security upgrades and patches making sure you are always running the most secure version available.
Details
Typical total price
$0.06/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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t2.nano | $0.05 | $0.006 | $0.056 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.05 | $0.012 | $0.062 |
t2.small | $0.05 | $0.023 | $0.073 |
t2.medium | $0.05 | $0.046 | $0.096 |
t2.large | $0.10 | $0.093 | $0.193 |
t2.xlarge | $0.10 | $0.186 | $0.286 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.20 | $0.371 | $0.571 |
t3.nano | $0.05 | $0.005 | $0.055 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier Recommended | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.06 |
t3.small | $0.05 | $0.021 | $0.071 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
We do not currently support refunds. The instance can be terminated at anytime to stop incurring charges.
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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
Updated version of Hardened AMI
Additional details
Usage instructions
To connect to your instance, you will need to use SSH over port 22. You can use the standard AWS method of connecting to an instance as described here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
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Support
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Included with every Hardened Images virtual machine is a dedicated, passionate world-class support team. Have a question? Just reach out! We love to help. Email support is available directly at support@hardenedimages.com .
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