EC2 Security Controls

AWS security controls to help protect Amazon EC2. Controls include IAM policies, security group configurations, Config rules, and CloudWatch events and alarms.

How-to guide for implementing a comprehensive EC2 Security Strategy

Configuration to enable EBS default encryption for all EC2 instances in that region. Includes a CloudFormation custom resource to enable this setting.

A configuration guide for setting up the necessary configuration for AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager to automatically scan and/or apply patches to EC2 instances in an AWS environment.

Set up Amazon Inspector by creating an Amazon Inspector Assessment Template and specify EC2 Assessment Targets. Select from predefined rule packages: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, Center for Internet Secu...

Set up Amazon Inspector Assessment Template to scan EC2 instances against the CIS Benchmarks Security Rule Package.

Set up Amazon Inspector Assessment Template to scan EC2 instances against the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Rule Package.

A configuration package to monitor EC2 related API activity as well as configuration compliance rules to ensure the security of AWS EC2 configuration. The package includes Config Rules, CloudWatch Alarms, and Clo...

A configuration package to monitor Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) creation and modifications as well as ensure the compliance and security of AMIs available in the account

Configuration to create AWS Backup plans and vaults. AWS Backup automates the process of backing up of data across AWS services including EFS, DynamoDB, EC2, EBS, Aurora, RDS, and Storage Gateway, as well as sett...

Configure a Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) policy to automate the creation, retention, and deletion of snapshots taken to back up your Amazon EBS volumes.

Build a custom security group.

A security group that allows inbound web traffic (TCP ports 80 and 443).

A security group that allows inbound RDP traffic (TCP port 3389).

A security group that allows inbound SSH traffic (TCP port 22).

A security group that allows domain controller services on Microsoft Active Directory servers.

A security group that allows inbound DNS traffic (TCP and UDP port 53).

A security group that allows inbound ICMP traffic.

A security group that allows inbound access to a Maria DB instance.

A security group that allows inbound access to a Microsoft SQL server instance.

A security group that allows inbound access to a MySQL server instance.

A security group that allows inbound access to an Oracle server instance.

A security group that allows inbound access to an PostgreSQL server instance.

A security group for Amazon EFS that allows inbound NFS access from resources (including the mount target) associated with this security group (TCP 2049).

A security group that allows inbound access to an Amazon Redshift cluster (TCP 5439)

A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when changes are made to Security Groups.

A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when changes are made to large size EC2 Instances.

A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when changes are made to EC2 Instances.

A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when new AMIs (Amazon Machine Images) are created or registered in the account.

A CloudWatch Alarm that triggers when existing AMIs (Amazon Machine Images) are modified, deleted, copied or shared with other AWS accounts.

Detect changes to security groups and publishes change events to an SNS topic for notification.

Detect changes to EC2 Instances and publishes change events to an SNS topic for notification.

Auto remediation configuration to release unattached Elastic IPs. Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Auto remediation configuration to stop or terminate EC2 instances running unapproved AMIs (by AMI ID). Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Auto remediation configuration to stop or terminate EC2 instances running unapproved AMIs (by AMI Tag). Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Auto remediation configuration to stop or terminate EC2 instances running unapproved Tenancy Modes (Shared or Dedicated). Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Auto remediation configuration to stop or terminate EC2 instances using unapproved instance types. Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Auto remediation configuration to stop or terminate EC2 instances with public IP addresses. Detection uses a managed AWS Config Rule and remediation is with SSM Automation.

Checks whether the EBS volumes that are in an attached state are encrypted. If you specify the ID of a KMS key for encryption using the kmsId parameter, the rule checks if the EBS volumes in an attached state are...

Checks whether security groups in use do not allow restricted incoming SSH traffic. This rule applies only to IPv4.

Checks whether running instances are using specified AMIs. Specify a list of approved AMI IDs. Running instances with AMIs that are not on this list are noncompliant.

Checks whether running instances are using specified AMIs. Specify the tags that identify the AMIs. Running instances with AMIs that don't have at least one of the specified tags are noncompliant.

Checks whether security groups in use do not allow unrestricted incoming TCP traffic to the specified ports. This rule applies only to IPv4.

A config rule that checks instances for specified tenancy. Specify AMI IDs to check instances that are launched from those AMIs or specify host IDs to check whether instances are launched on those Dedicated Hosts...

Check that no EC2 Instances are in Public Subnet.

Check that security groups do not have an inbound rule with protocol of 'All'.

Check that security groups do not have an inbound rule with port range of 'All'.

Check that security groups prefixed with "launch-wizard" are not associated with network interfaces.

A config rule that checks whether your EC2 instances are of the specified instance types.

A Config rule that checks whether the Amazon EC2 instances in your account are managed by AWS Systems Manager.

A Config rule that checks whether the compliance status of the Amazon EC2 Systems Manager (SSM) association compliance is COMPLIANT or NON_COMPLIANT after the association execution on the instance. The rule is co...

A Config rule that checks whether the compliance status of the Amazon EC2 Systems Manager patch compliance is COMPLIANT or NON_COMPLIANT after the patch installation on the instance. The rule is compliant if the ...

A config rule that checks that the default security group of any Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) does not allow inbound or outbound traffic. The rule returns NOT_APPLICABLE if the security group is not default...

A Config rule that checks whether detailed monitoring is enabled for EC2 instances.

A Config rule that checks whether EBS volumes are attached to EC2 instances. Optionally checks if EBS volumes are marked for deletion when an instance is terminated.

A Config rule that checks whether all Elastic IP addresses that are allocated to a VPC are attached to EC2 instances or in-use elastic network interfaces (ENIs).

A Config rule that checks whether EC2 managed instances have the desired configurations.

A Config rule that checks whether all of the specified applications are installed on the instance. Optionally, specify the minimum acceptable version. You can also specify the platform to apply the rule only to i...

A Config rule that checks that none of the specified applications are installed on the instance. Optionally, specify the application version. Newer versions of the application will not be blacklisted. You can als...

A Config rule that checks whether instances managed by AWS Systems Manager are configured to collect blacklisted inventory types.

A Config rule that checks that Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) encryption is enabled by default. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the encryption is not enabled.

A config rule that checks whether all private AMIs are not older than X days.

A config rule that checks whether the Amazon Machine Images are not publicly accessible.

A Config rule that checks whether Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances have a public IP association. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the publicIp field is present in the Amazon EC2 instance configurat...

A Config rule that checks that security groups are attached to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances or an elastic network interfaces (ENIs). The rule returns NON_COMPLIANT if the security group is ...

A Config rule that checks whether the security group with 0.0.0.0/0 of any Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPCs) allows only specific inbound TCP or UDP traffic. The rule and any security group with inbound ...

A Config rule that checks whether Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots are not publicly restorable. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if one or more snapshots with the RestorableByUserIds field is set to all. If this fie...

A Config rule that checks whether there are instances stopped for more than the allowed number of days. The instance is NON_COMPLIANT if the state of the ec2 instance has been stopped for longer than the allowed ...

A Config rule that checks whether your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance metadata version is configured with Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2). The rule is COMPLIANT if the HttpTokens ...

A Config rule that checks if Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes are added in backup plans of AWS Backup. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if Amazon EBS volumes are not included in backup plans.

A policy that allows starting or stopping a specific EC2 instance and modifying a specific security group (Programmatically and in the Console).

A policy that allows listing information for all EC2 objects and launching EC2 instances in a specific subnet. This policy also provides the permissions necessary to complete this action on the console.

A policy that allows managing Amazon EC2 security groups associated with a specific virtual private cloud (VPC). This policy also provides the permissions necessary to complete this action on the console.

A policy hat allows full EC2 access within a specific region. This policy also provides the permissions necessary to complete this action on the console.

An IAM policy that prevents users from creating their own security groups, and allows users to only launch approved AMIs (Amazon Machine Images). Approved images are identified with Tags (Example, Tag Key: Approv...

An IAM policy that allows an IAM user to start or stop EC2 instances, but only if the instance tag Owner has the value of that user's user name. This policy also provides the permissions necessary to complete thi...

An IAM policy that prevents users from terminating EC2 instances when the request does not come from a specified IP range. This policy provides the permissions necessary to complete this action using the AWS API ...

An IAM policy that prevents users from launching new EC2 Instances if they are not configured to use the new Instance Metadata Service (IMDSv2)

This SCP prevents the launch of any EC2 instance type that is not whitelisted by the policy (default: t3.micro).

This SCP requires that multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled before a principal or root user can stop an Amazon EC2 instance.

Flow Logs enables you to capture information about the IP traffic going to and from network interfaces in your VPC. Flow Logs can be enabled on a VPC, subnet, or network interface level.

Configuration to enable Traffic Mirroring from a network interface (ENI) of an Amazon EC2 instance, which can then be used for monitoring and security analysis. Traffic Mirroring supports filters and packet trunc...