Overview
Why Armorbyte ?
Why Armorbyte ?
Armorbyte Compliance Ready
Choose Your Security Posture
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein charges are associated for hardening.
Armorbytes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 image enforces Level 1 security controls that are compatible with the Center for Internet Security® (CIS) Benchmark. Armorbyte is not affiliated with or certified by CIS; the benchmark is referenced solely as an industry standard. Additional hardening disables unused daemons, enforces strong SSH policies, and schedules automated security updates.
The baseline maps to the NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other frameworks, giving teams a proven starting point toward compliance without the usual DIY effort. Key features: . Implements Level 1 controls compatible with the CIS Benchmark (not a certified CIS image). . Continuous patching via dnf-automatic. . SSH hardened: key-only auth & modern ciphers. . Kernel parameters tuned to reduce attack surface (sysctl). . Cloud-init scripts to extend or roll back changes.
Why choose Armorbyte? Armorbyte images are continuously rebuilt, vulnerability-scanned, and cryptographically signed. Every build is regression-tested so it just works the first time you launch.
Highlights
- This hardened image map to many established standards and regulatory frameworks, including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), the ISO 27000 series of standards, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others.
- Armorbytes baseline reduces mean-time-to-secure by providing opinionated defaults, audit-ready logs, and automated patching.
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Pricing
Dimension | Cost/hour |
---|---|
m5a.large Recommended | $0.04 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.02 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.04 |
t3a.xlarge | $0.08 |
t3a.large | $0.04 |
t3.large | $0.04 |
g3s.xlarge | $0.08 |
p3.2xlarge | $0.16 |
r5a.large | $0.04 |
t2.large | $0.04 |
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There is no refund policy for this image.
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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
Initial release of Armorbyte Hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (SecureStart Level 1).
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Usage instructions
Allow inbound SSH access in your security group (TCP port 22) To connect to your instance using the Amazon EC2 console: Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/Â .
In the navigation pane, choose Instances.
Select the instance and choose Connect. Choose the EC2 Instance Connect tab. For Connection type, choose Connect using EC2 Instance Connect. Access the ec2 with the default username: ec2-user
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