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ISO/IEC 27001 AWS Hardened Images
Use AWS Hardened Images as a controlled infrastructure input within an ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system.
Where the framework sits.
ISO/IEC 27001 defines requirements for an information security management system. Technical configuration supports that system, but certification applies to the organization’s scoped management system rather than to a virtual-machine image in isolation.
Where Hardened Images fits.
Hardened Images can support risk treatment and repeatable technical control implementation at the Linux layer while the organization owns scope, policy, risk, evidence, and continual improvement.
Three checks before product selection.
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Tie image selection to the organization’s risk treatment decisions
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Control testing, changes, exceptions, and operational ownership
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Keep certification language scoped to the management system
The image supports the program. It does not complete it.
Hardened Images publishes the image configuration and product information. Your organization remains responsible for applicability, the surrounding AWS system, operational evidence, exceptions, and final compliance or authorization decisions.
Choose an AWS image for ISO/IEC 27001.
Carry the framework focus into the catalog, then select the supported Linux release, product line, and architecture for the workload.