This product has charges associated with it for seller hardening and maintenance support. This AMI of Rocky Linux 8 (ARM) is preconfigured and hardened with over 500+ security controls by Foundation Security to meet HIPAA compliance.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a set of regulations that establishes national standards for protecting the privacy and security of individuals' sensitive health information. HIPAA compliance is mandatory for any entity that deals with protected health information, including healthcare providers, insurers, and their business associates.
This Rocky Linux 8 (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 Rocky Linux 8 (ARM) image, companies can easily deploy a HIPAA-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 healthcare providers, insurers, and other entities that handle protected health information and require a secure and compliant environment.
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.
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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 HIPAA compliant, providing a secure and compliant environment for sensitive data.
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You pay by the hour for a hardened Rocky Linux 8 image built for ARM-based instances. Pricing is not tiered. Instead, you pick the EC2 instance type that fits your workload, and the software rate applies to that instance's running hours. Options span general-purpose (m-series), compute-optimized (c-series), memory-optimized (r- and x-series), storage-dense (i-series), and high-performance (hpc) families. Within each family, hourly rates scale with instance size, from small (medium, large) up to metal and 48xlarge. You only pay while instances run, with no upfront commitment.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What do I get for the hourly rate on each instance type?
You get a hardened Rocky Linux 8 image built for ARM-based processors. Foundation applies industry hardening frameworks such as STIG and NIST as the baseline security configuration. The software rate applies per running hour of the EC2 instance type you select, on top of the underlying AWS compute cost.
Am I charged the software rate when an instance is stopped or paused?
The software charge meters running hours only. When you stop an instance, the hourly software charge stops accruing. You may still owe AWS storage fees for the attached volume while the instance sits stopped, but the Rocky Linux 8 software license bills active running time.
How does the hourly rate change as I move to a bigger instance size?
There are no tiers to negotiate. Each instance type carries its own hourly software rate. Within a family, the rate scales up with instance size, from medium and large up through metal and 48xlarge. You switch cost simply by launching a different instance type; the change is immediate.
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June 2026 maintenance release: latest OS security updates applied
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