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This product has charges associated with the pre-built hardening to the CIS Benchmarks™ and recurring maintenance. The CIS Hardening Components are hardened in accordance with the associated CIS Benchmarks™, an industry best practice for secure configuration. Reduce cost, time, and risk by building your AWS solution through EC2 Image Builder with CIS Hardening Components.
Overview
The CIS Hardening Component for Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Level 1 integrates with AWS EC2 Image Builder to automate the security configuration guidance published in the corresponding CIS Benchmarks™.
This product automates the CIS Benchmark secure configuration guidance during AMI creation, reducing manual setup effort, ensuring consistent security deployment across your AWS infrastructure, and instance protection from the first boot.
This component is hardened against the corresponding Level 1 profile which is intended to be practical and prudent, provide a clear security benefit, and not inhibit the utility of the technology beyond acceptable means.
Highlights
- Hardened according to a Level 1 CIS Benchmark that is developed in a consensus-based process and that is accepted by government, business, industry, and academia.
- Helps with compliance to PCI DSS, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, FISMA, select NIST publications, and more.
- Pre-configured to align with industry best practices that are developed and supported by CIS, this image has hardened account and local policies, firewall configuration, and computer-based and user-based administrative templates.
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CIS Windows Server 2022 Level 1 Harddening Component
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.micro | $0.022 |
t2.micro | $0.022 |
m8a.8xlarge | $0.05 |
d3en.6xlarge | $0.045 |
m6in.xlarge | $0.024 |
d2.xlarge | $0.024 |
c5n.2xlarge | $0.026 |
g5.xlarge | $0.024 |
c6id.xlarge | $0.024 |
m5zn.2xlarge | $0.026 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this pre-hardened Windows Server 2022 image, configured to CIS Benchmark Level 1 recommendations. The listing charges a software fee that varies by the AWS EC2 instance type you launch. Each dimension maps to one instance type, spanning general purpose, compute, memory, storage, GPU, and bare metal families in sizes from nano to large multi-core. Larger or more capable instances carry higher hourly rates. You run only what you need and stop paying when you stop the instance. AWS infrastructure charges apply separately from this software fee.
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You pay per running instance-hour of the launched EC2 instance carrying this hardened image. Each dimension maps to one EC2 instance type. The rate reflects that instance type. Running one instance for one hour equals one billable hour of the software fee, separate from AWS infrastructure charges.
The hourly software fee meters running time only. When you stop the instance, the software fee stops accruing. Stopped instances may still incur underlying AWS storage charges for attached volumes, but those are separate from this software fee and billed by AWS directly.
Each dimension ties to one EC2 instance type across general purpose, compute, memory, storage, GPU, and bare metal families. Sizes range from nano to large multi-core. Instances with more compute, memory, or specialized hardware carry higher hourly software rates. You pick the instance type that fits your workload.
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CIS Windows Server 2022 Level 1 Harddening Component
Supported services:
- Amazon EC2 Image Builder
EC2 Image Builder Component
EC2 Image Builder is a fully managed AWS service. It automates creation, management, and deployment of custom, secure, and up-to-date server images. After procurement, use the EC2 Image Builder console/API to include this third-party component in golden images for future EC2 instances.
Version release notes
Initial release of the CIS Windows Server 2022 Level 1 Hardening Component v1.0.1/1
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Usage instructions
Once the instance is running, choose Get Windows Password in the EC2 console then connect using a Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) client. The RDP client MUST be able to authenticate using NTLMv2. See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738867%28v=ws.10%29.aspx for more information. Immediately apply latest security updates after launching the instance.
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For Usage Instructions, please visit: https://hardened-images.docs.cisecurity.org/en/latest/source/content/3-User-Guide/About/components/
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This product has charges associated with the pre-built hardening to the CIS Benchmarks™ and recurring maintenance. The CIS Hardened Images® are hardened in accordance with the associated CIS Benchmarks, an industry best practice for secure configuration. Reduce cost, time, and risk by building your AWS solution with CIS AMIs.
This product has charges associated with the pre-built hardening to the CIS Benchmarks™ and recurring maintenance. The CIS Hardened Images® are hardened in accordance with the associated CIS Benchmarks, an industry best practice for secure configuration. Reduce cost, time, and risk by building your AWS solution with CIS AMIs.
This product has charges associated with the pre-built hardening to the CIS Benchmarks™ and recurring maintenance. The CIS Hardened Images® are hardened in accordance with the associated CIS Benchmarks, an industry best practice for secure configuration. Reduce cost, time, and risk by building your AWS solution with CIS AMIs.
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