Overview
The Australian Cyber Security Centre's (ACSC) Essential Eight is a set of strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents. These strategies are designed to help organizations protect their systems against a wide range of cyber threats. Compliance with the ACSC Essential Eight is crucial for organizations looking to strengthen their cybersecurity posture and safeguard sensitive information. The framework includes essential measures such as application whitelisting, patching applications, configuring Microsoft Office macro settings, user application hardening, restricting administrative privileges, patching operating systems, multi-factor authentication, and daily backups.
This Oracle Linux 8 virtual machine image is hardened with hundreds of security controls built-in to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data. With this preconfigured Oracle Linux 8 image, companies can easily deploy an ACSC Essential Eight-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 confidence that their data is well-protected. This offering is ideal for organizations that need a secure and compliant environment to protect their sensitive information and ensure compliance with the ACSC Essential Eight framework.
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. As proud AWS Partners, Foundation Security's images are used by several Fortune 500 companies, demonstrating the reliability and trustworthiness of their solutions.
Highlights
- Enhanced Security and Compliance: Foundation Security's VMs are hardened with hundreds of security controls and are regularly updated to comply with the latest security standards, ensuring robust protection for sensitive data.
- Expert Support and Maintenance: Our team of industry experts provides ongoing support and maintenance, helping customers quickly deploy and manage compliant environments with minimal effort.
- Trusted by Leading Organizations: As proud AWS Partners, our VMs are trusted and used by several Fortune 500 companies, offering a proven solution for secure and compliant virtual machine deployments.
Details
Typical total price
$0.054/hour
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Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
m6g.medium | $0.02 | $0.038 | $0.058 |
m6g.large | $0.02 | $0.077 | $0.097 |
m6g.xlarge | $0.02 | $0.154 | $0.174 |
m6g.2xlarge | $0.02 | $0.308 | $0.328 |
m6g.4xlarge | $0.02 | $0.616 | $0.636 |
m6g.8xlarge | $0.02 | $1.232 | $1.252 |
m6g.12xlarge | $0.02 | $1.848 | $1.868 |
m6g.16xlarge | $0.02 | $2.464 | $2.484 |
m6g.metal | $0.02 | $2.464 | $2.484 |
m6gd.medium | $0.02 | $0.045 | $0.065 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
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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Delivery details
64-bit (Arm) 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
Initial release of ACSC Essential Eight Compliant Oracle Linux 8 ARM
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connecting to the VM
To connect to your instance, you will need to use SSH over port 22. The default username for connecting is ec2-user. For further information about the standard AWS method of connecting to an instance, please refer to the following guide: https://docs.thinkwithwp.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html .
Regarding Security Configurations
Utilizing hardened images necessitates a nuanced approach due to their advanced security configurations and access controls, which may require additional adjustments for compatibility with specific workflows or applications. These images are designed with enhanced security measures to minimize vulnerabilities, offering superior protection compared to baseline images without pre-configured security settings. However, integrating them seamlessly into your operations might involve collaboration with security experts or providers for customization, ensuring both robust security and operational functionality. This extra step, while requiring more initial setup, positions hardened images as a more secure and compliant foundation for deployments, ultimately offering a significant advantage over baseline images by saving time and resources in achieving a secure, compliant, and efficient infrastructure.
Additional Details
- No additional external resources are required for the product to function.
- There are no security keys or credentials in place that need to be rotated.
- There is no customer data that is collected for this software to function.
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Our knowledgeable support team is readily available to answer any questions you may have regarding our virtual machine images. Please feel free to contact us if you need any further information - we are always here to help. Reach out directly at support@foundationvm.com
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