Suswa Hardened Base Images
Minimal, locked-down operating system images for teams that want a secure starting point without maintaining their own baseline.
- Amazon Linux 2023 and Ubuntu LTS variants, for both x86_64 and arm64 (Graviton)
- Unused packages and services removed. SSH hardened, auditd enabled, IMDSv2 required
- SSM Agent and CloudWatch Agent preinstalled
- Matching minimal container base images published through AWS Marketplace for ECS and EKS
- Rebuilt on a regular schedule with the latest OS patches, versioned, with release notes
- Hardening report included in each image so your auditors can review it