Question 1

Is iam_instance_profile enforced for ACSC Essential Eight?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Ensure that an AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2) instance has an Identity and Access Management (IAM) profile attached to it. This rule is non-compliant if no IAM profile is attached to the AWS EC2 instance.

Question 2

Is monitoring enforced for ACSC Essential Eight?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Enable this rule to help improve AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2) instance monitoring on the AWS EC2 console, which displays monitoring graphs with a 1-minute period for the instance.

AWS EC2 Instance Terraform module

Terraform Module Source