CIS_Amazon_Linux_2_Benchmarks
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: The MaxAuthTries option in the SSH daemon (sshd) configuration limits the number of authentication attempts...
Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: The MaxSessions option in the SSH daemon (sshd) configuration limits the number of open sessions permitted ...
Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: The MaxStartups option in the SSH daemon (sshd) configuration limits the maximum number of concurrent unaut...
Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: Compressing large log files in systemd’s journal (journald) reduces disk space usage by minimizing the stor...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a flexible authentication framework for Linux systems. Insta...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: The libpwquality library provides password quality checking and enforcement for Linux systems. Installing li...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: The pam_faillock module provides authentication failure tracking and account locking functionality. Enablin...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: Configuring account lockout after a specified number of failed password attempts helps prevent brute-force ...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: Configuring the password unlock time determines how long a user account remains locked after exceeding the ...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Profile Applicability: • Level 1 Description: Configuring the password failed attempts lockout to include the root account ensures that even the root use...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2025 at 1:45 AM