Question 1

Is iam_instance_profile enforced for CIS AWS Benchmark v5.0.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, AWS access from within AWS instances can be done by either encoding AWS keys into AWS API calls or by assigning the instance to a role which has an appropriate permissions policy for the required access. "AWS Access" means accessing the APIs of AWS in order to access AWS resources or manage AWS account resources.

Question 2

Is metadata_options enforced for CIS AWS Benchmark v5.0.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Ensure the Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) method is enabled to help protect access and control of AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2) instance metadata.

AWS EC2 Instance Terraform module

Terraform Module Source