Lab Objective

In this lab you will learn how to:

✅ Manage EC2 securely without SSH

✅ Detect insecure configurations

✅ Automatically fix security violations

✅ Patch servers automatically

✅ Maintain continuous compliance

• Confidentiality: Encrypt storage + restrict access
• Integrity: Detect configuration drift + audit trails
• Availability: Controlled access + monitoring/alerts
• IAAA: IAM roles, MFA, least privilege
• Cloud Sec Ops: hardening + patch management + monitoring

STEP 1:

Create an EC2 Instance

Name the Instance

Choose Amazon Linux

Instance Type: T3 Micro