Availability of vulnerability testing using EC2

Is there any problem with AWS security policy to install Nessus on EC2 and vulnerability check to another account's AWS EC2 or external server outside of AWS? According to the penetration testing policy published by AWS, it is not a problem to test EC2, so I feel that using AWS resources for testing should not be a problem, but....

Topics: Compute AWS Well-Architected Framework
Tags: Amazon EC2 Security
Language: English

User-1102847

asked 4 years ago522 views

1 Answer

Newest
Most votes
Most comments

Please read the Penetration Testing policy document - it explains what can and can't be done; and when permission is required.

EXPERT

Brettski

answered 4 years ago

Relevant content

Route 53 DDoS - Tenable Nessus Network Scan claims a vulnerability exists
jvictor
asked 2 years ago
AWS Inspector flags CVE on Windows EC2 — Unable to locate vulnerable file or path
Dipendra Singh
asked a year ago
AWS security notification: EC2 instances vulnerable to log4j vulnerability
Dolis
asked 5 years ago
Vulnerability scanner For AWS
rePost-User-6207312
asked 2 years ago
How do I resolve security vulnerabilities in Amazon Linux packages that remain unpatched after I applied the patches?
AWS OFFICIALUpdated a month ago
How do I resolve SSL/TLS cipher vulnerabilities on my Application Load Balancer?
AWS OFFICIALUpdated 4 days ago
How do I use an Application Load Balancer and AWS WAF to protect my Amazon EC2 instance?
AWS OFFICIALUpdated a year ago
How do I set up Amazon Inspector Classic to run security assessments on my Amazon EC2 instances?
AWS OFFICIALUpdated 4 years ago
Vulnerability Management Best Practices Framework Using Amazon Inspector
EXPERT
Ram Achanta
published 12 days ago
Detecting EC2 Instances Exposed to Unrestricted SSH Access
EXPERT
Yaniv Rozenboim
published 2 years ago

Availability of vulnerability testing using EC2

Add your answer

Relevant content