HIGH

Ensure Bastion service is used for remote access

OCI Bastion service should be used instead of exposing SSH/RDP publicly.

Security Impact

Direct public access to instances increases attack surface.

How to Remediate

Create Bastion service. Use Bastion sessions for secure remote access.

Affected Resources

OCI::Bastion::Bastion

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2PCI-DSSNIST 800-53

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Check Details

Check ID
oracle-networking-6
Service
Oracle Cloud Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
Category
Access Control
Severity
HIGH

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