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Configuring Amazon Inspector with Systems Manager to Assess Application Compliance

The scenario requires you to properly configure Amazon Inspector. This entails creating an instance profile for an EC2 instance, which will allow the instance to be managed by Systems Manager. This is a prerequisite for Amazon Inspector. This hands-on lab provides an introduction to AWS Security Hub and how it can be used to analyze the security of an AWS account. You can view this hands-on lab as a Security Hub quick start guide.

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Level

Intermediate

Duration

2h 0m

Published

Dec 29, 2022

Challenge

Launch EC2 Instance
- Launch an EC2 instance using an Amazon Linux 2 AMI.
- Accept the default for the SSH port ingress of 0.0.0.0/0.
Challenge

Enable Amazon Inspector
- Enable Amazon Inspector.
- Run the SSM Automation to troubleshoot the EC2 instance.
Challenge

Create an Instance Profile and Attach to EC2 Instance
- In IAM, create an instance profile with an SSM Management policy.
- In EC2, attach the policy to the EC2 instance.

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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