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EC2.24
EC2 paravirtual instance types should not be used
Severity
Cloud Platforms
Resources
Related Standards
Automated
MEDIUM
AWS
Amazon EC2
AWS Foundational Best Practice, NIST CSF, NIST.800-53.r5,
YES
This control checks whether the virtualization type of an EC2 instance is paravirtual. The control fails for an EC2 instance if ‘virtualizationType’ is set to ‘paravirtual’.
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