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Madarson IT Hardened Image Intro
Hardened AWS Cloud EC2 Image for Security & Compliance by Madarson IT
Madarson IT Hardened Image Intro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Features
Hardened EC2 Images for Secure Cloud Deployments
Pre-Hardened EC2 Image for AWS, Azure, and GCP

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This is a repackaged software product from Madarson IT, with additional charges applied for advanced security hardening. This AWS-based EC2 instance is pre-configured with the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 image, enhanced with advanced hardening configurations designed to protect against modern security threats and support alignment with key industry and regulatory standards.
The configuration includes rigorous access controls, frequent security updates, and hardened system settings to ensure greater integrity, availability, and resilience of your workloads in the cloud. While foundational hardening helps establish a secure baseline, this advanced hardened image is built for organizations with stricter security requirements - such as those in regulated, high-risk, or mission-critical environments. It offers additional protections against persistent and sophisticated threats, making it well-suited for federal, defense, healthcare, and financial use cases.
Key Features: Aligned with industry and regulatory standards, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others. Helps reduce the attack surface by eliminating unnecessary services, enforcing strict access controls, and applying secure defaults. Strengthens defenses against unauthorized access, denial-of-service attempts, and other common attack vectors.
Why Choose Madarson IT Hardened Images? Madarson IT certified images are continuously updated, security-optimized, and ready to deploy. Built to industry best practices, they reduce operational risk and accelerate time-to-compliance for cloud-based workloads.
For private offers or compliance support, contact us at info@madarsonit.com .
Disclaimer: Red Hat, Inc holds the trademarks for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and its associated branding. Madarson IT does not provide commercial license on any product
Highlights
- This hardened image aligns with established security and compliance frameworks, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others.
- The system hardening mitigates risks from unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, and other threats by minimizing exploitable vulnerabilities.
- This hardening reduces the systems attack surface and strengthens protection across all three security pillars: confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
---|---|
m5a.large Recommended | $0.04 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.02 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.04 |
c5a.2xlarge | $0.16 |
r6a.24xlarge | $1.92 |
c3.2xlarge | $0.16 |
g5.4xlarge | $0.32 |
t2.small | $0.02 |
i3.8xlarge | $0.64 |
r5a.12xlarge | $0.96 |
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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
Hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 image - Level 2: Advanced.
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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" OR Simply access the ec2 with the default username: "ec2-user" and the private key used to launch the instance.
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To speak with us about private offers, audit or your compliance needs, please contact us at info@madarsonit.comÂ
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