Ensure EC2 instances are managed by AWS Systems Manager
EC2 instances should be managed by AWS Systems Manager for patching, inventory, compliance tracking, and remote access without SSH.
Security Impact
Unmanaged instances may miss security patches and cannot use Session Manager for secure access.
How to Remediate
Install the SSM Agent on instances and attach an IAM role with AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore policy.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-13
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Instance Configuration
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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