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This product has charges associated with it for seller hardening and maintenance support. This AMI of Amazon Linux 2 (ARM) is preconfigured and hardened with over 500+ security controls by Foundation Security to meet NIST compliance.
Overview
The NIST compliance framework, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a set of guidelines, standards, and best practices that organizations can follow to manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks. It is widely recognized as a best practice for organizations looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture. Many government agencies, contractors, and businesses in highly-regulated industries such as healthcare and finance have adopted the NIST framework as a way to manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks. Additionally, organizations that process, store, or transmit sensitive data can benefit from using the NIST framework to implement appropriate security controls and safeguard against data breaches. The NIST framework can be used as a roadmap for developing and improving cybersecurity programs and can help organizations achieve compliance with various cybersecurity regulations and standards.
This Amazon Linux 2 (ARM) virtual machine image is hardened with over 500+ security controls built-in to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data. With this preconfigured Amazon Linux 2 (ARM) image, companies can easily deploy a NIST-compliant environment, reducing the time and resources required for security implementation. Foundation Security's image is regularly updated to keep up with the latest security threats and compliance regulations, providing customers with peace of mind that their data is well protected. Their offering is ideal for government agencies, contractors, and businesses in highly-regulated industries such as healthcare and finance.
Foundation Security has a team of industry experts with deep knowledge of security and compliance regulations. This ensures that their virtual machine image is well-designed and implemented with the highest level of security standards. Additionally, their experienced team provides ongoing support to ensure their customers' security needs are met.
Highlights
- With regular updates and a pre-configured image, Foundation Security's virtual machines are ready out of the box, streamlining the process of building compliant applications.
- Foundation Security's hardened virtual machines are NIST compliant, providing a secure and compliant environment for sensitive data.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t4g.medium Recommended | $0.02 |
c6gd.16xlarge | $0.02 |
m7g.medium | $0.02 |
m7g.4xlarge | $0.02 |
g5g.8xlarge | $0.02 |
m6g.4xlarge | $0.02 |
c6gn.8xlarge | $0.02 |
c6gn.large | $0.02 |
m7g.2xlarge | $0.02 |
x2gd.8xlarge | $0.02 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for a NIST-hardened Amazon Linux 2 image running on ARM-based EC2 instances. Pricing follows the instance type you launch, so cost scales with the compute size you pick. Options span general-purpose (m-, t-, a-series), compute-optimized (c-series), memory-optimized (r-, x-series), storage-optimized (im-, is-series), and GPU (g5g) families. Within each family, larger sizes (from nano and medium up through metal) carry higher hourly rates. You are billed for the hours each instance runs, plus separate AWS infrastructure charges. Choose the family and size that fit your workload.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
Each unit is one running EC2 instance of the type you launch, billed per hour. One t4g.small instance running for one hour equals one billed hour. Larger sizes within a family bill at higher hourly rates. Each running instance meters separately, so ten instances accrue ten times the hourly charge.
The software charge meters running hours only. A stopped instance does not accrue software charges. You may still pay AWS for attached storage or other resources while the instance is stopped. Restarting the instance resumes hourly software billing.
The hourly price covers the NIST-hardened Amazon Linux 2 ARM image and its security controls. AWS bills the underlying EC2 compute, storage, and data transfer separately. Support is available from the vendor on demand. You choose the instance family and size to match your workload.
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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
June 2026 maintenance release: latest OS security updates applied
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Connect over SSH using the key pair selected at launch. The default user is shown above. See the listing's usage instructions for full details.
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