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Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool for UNIX-based systems, designed to assess the security posture of a system. It helps system administrators, security professionals, and auditors to evaluate the security configuration of their systems and ensure compliance with security standards. Lynis performs extensive checks and produces a report highlighting potential vulnerabilities and areas for improvement.

Lynis is a powerful tool for security auditing that offers a comprehensive approach to system security testing and hardening. It’s an excellent tool for administrators who want to evaluate and improve their system’s security posture, whether for personal use or to ensure compliance with industry standards.

Key Features of Lynis:

  1. Security Auditing:
    • Lynis performs detailed security audits of the system by checking various aspects like system configuration, file permissions, installed software, firewall settings, and more.
  2. Comprehensive Testing:
    • The tool tests numerous areas of system security, including but not limited to:
      • File system permissions
      • User accounts and passwords
      • Networking and firewall settings
      • Installed software and services
      • Kernel settings
  3. Compliance Audits:
    • Lynis can be used to check for compliance with various security standards and guidelines, such as:
      • CIS (Center for Internet Security) Benchmarks
      • ISO/IEC 27001
      • PCI-DSS
      • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
      • NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) frameworks
  4. Modular Architecture:
    • Lynis is modular, meaning new plugins or tests can be added as needed. It is designed to be flexible and adaptable to different environments.
  5. Reports and Recommendations:
    • After running the audit, Lynis generates a detailed report with:
      • Security audit results
      • Critical vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
      • Recommendations for improving security
      • Scorecard that rates the system’s security level
  6. Real-Time Monitoring:
    • Lynis offers real-time feedback and can be integrated into automated security checks to provide continuous monitoring.

You can subscribe to Lynis, an AWS Marketplace product and launch an instance from the product’s AMI using the Amazon EC2 launch wizard.

To launch an instance from the AWS Marketplace using the launch wizard

  • Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
  • From the Amazon EC2 dashboard, choose Launch Instance. On the Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) page, choose the AWS Marketplace category on the left. Find a suitable AMI by browsing the categories, or using the search functionality. Choose Select to choose your product.
  • A dialog displays an overview of the product you’ve selected. You can view the pricing information, as well as any other information that the vendor has provided. When you’re ready, choose Continue.
  • On the Choose an Instance Type page, select the hardware configuration and size of the instance to launch. When you’re done, choose Next: Configure Instance Details.
  • On the next pages of the wizard, you can configure your instance, add storage, and add tags. For more information about the different options you can configure, see Launching an Instance. Choose Next until you reach the Configure Security Group page.
  • The wizard creates a new security group according to the vendor’s specifications for the product. The security group may include rules that allow all IP addresses (0.0.0.0/0) access on SSH (port 22) on Linux or RDP (port 3389) on Windows. We recommend that you adjust these rules to allow only a specific address or range of addresses to access your instance over those ports
  • When you are ready, choose Review and Launch.
  • On the Review Instance Launch page, check the details of the AMI from which you’re about to launch the instance, as well as the other configuration details you set up in the wizard. When you’re ready, choose Launch to select or create a key pair, and launch your instance.
  • Depending on the product you’ve subscribed to, the instance may take a few minutes or more to launch. You are first subscribed to the product before your instance can launch. If there are any problems with your credit card details, you will be asked to update your account details. When the launch confirmation page displays.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

Step 1: SSH into Your Instance: Use the SSH command with the username ubuntu and the appropriate key pair to start the application.

Username: ubuntu

ssh -i path/to/ssh_key.pem ubuntu@instance-IP

Replace path/to/ssh_key.pem with the path to your SSH key file and instance-IP with your instance’s public IP address.

Step 2: You can enter the following command to see the application successfully installed.

lynis --version

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    • RDS for Amazon Aurora: No limit imposed by software
    • RDS for MySQL: No limit imposed by software
    • RDS for MariaDB: No limit imposed by software
    • RDS for Oracle: 1 database per instance; no limit on number of schemas per database imposed by software
    • RDS for SQL Server: 30 databases per instance
    • RDS for PostgreSQL: No limit imposed by software

    Highlights

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      System Hardening: Lynis can be used to harden systems by identifying and fixing potential vulnerabilities.

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      Security Auditing: Used by IT security professionals to ensure systems are secure against potential threats.

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      Compliance Checking: Helps organizations ensure they meet security compliance requirements.

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      Penetration Testing Preparation: A valuable tool for penetration testers to identify weaknesses before conducting further testing.

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