Overview
This Rocky Linux 10 virtual machine image is fully preconfigured to meet HIPAA compliance requirements and deploys in minutes. It eliminates the weeks of manual hardening and configuration typically required with a baseline operating system and delivers hundreds of tested security controls out of the box, providing a proven secure foundation for workloads handling protected health information (PHI).
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA sets national standards for the protection of sensitive patient data. HIPAA compliance ensures that systems handling PHI implement the necessary administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information. This is critical for healthcare providers, insurers, and any organization that stores, processes, or transmits PHI. Meeting HIPAA requirements on a baseline operating system can take significant time and specialized expertise.
This preconfigured Rocky Linux 10 image accelerates compliance by delivering a secure, HIPAA-aligned environment from the moment it launches. It reduces risk from misconfiguration, saves engineering resources, and provides a tested, compliant foundation from day one.
Foundation Security images are updated regularly to keep pace with evolving security threats and compliance requirements, ensuring workloads remain protected over time. This offering is ideal for healthcare organizations, life sciences companies, and any business that must safeguard sensitive health data while meeting audit and regulatory requirements.
Foundation Security has a team of industry experts with deep knowledge of HIPAA, NIST, and other compliance frameworks, ensuring every image is built and maintained to the highest security standards. The team also provides ongoing support to help customers maintain compliance and adapt to evolving regulations. Foundation Security is a proud AWS Partner exclusively focused on helping organizations achieve compliance with HIPAA, NIST, and STIG standards. Our images are trusted by several Fortune 500 companies, healthcare providers, and regulated industries, demonstrating the reliability and proven track record of our solutions.
Highlights
- Accelerated Compliance: Deploy a fully preconfigured Rocky Linux 10 virtual machine image that meets HIPAA requirements in minutes. This eliminates the weeks of manual configuration and testing required with a baseline operating system, helping your organization achieve compliance faster and with less effort.
- Proven Security Foundation: This image includes hundreds of tested security controls aligned with HIPAA safeguards to protect sensitive workloads from day one. It is designed to reduce the risk of misconfiguration and to ensure strong protection for protected health information (PHI).
- Trusted Expertise: Built and maintained by Foundation Security, a proud AWS Partner focused exclusively on HIPAA, NIST, and STIG compliance. Our images are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, healthcare providers, and regulated industries, and are continuously updated to stay aligned with evolving threats and compliance standards.
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t3.medium Recommended | $0.14 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.07 |
c6i.xlarge | $0.49 |
m5dn.4xlarge | $0.49 |
c6a.8xlarge | $0.49 |
r7iz.xlarge | $0.49 |
g6e.xlarge | $0.49 |
g4dn.12xlarge | $0.49 |
c5.4xlarge | $0.49 |
c6id.large | $0.29 |
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Refunds through AWS are not available at this time. You will only be billed for actual time of instance use. As with all Foundation Security products, our aim is always 100 percent customer/member satisfaction.
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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.
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This is the initial release of the HIPAA Compliant Rocky Linux 10 image by Foundation Security
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Quick Start
Launch your Rocky Linux 10 instance and connect using SSH on port 22. The default username is rocky.
Example: ssh -i /path/to/your-key.pem rocky@<public-ip-address>
For step-by-step instructions, see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.htmlÂ
For improved security, we recommend connecting through AWS Systems Manager Session Manager when possible: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.htmlÂ
If you connect over SSH, configure your security group to allow access only from your trusted IP address.
This image has been fully hardened with HIPAA-aligned controls applied and validated before release. No additional hardening steps are required after launch.
Once connected, you can immediately begin installing and running your applications on a secure HIPAA compliant baseline.
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