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Your AWS account should not have any EC2 instance with the instance type blacklisted.

Risk Level

High

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

CBP

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

Sure, here are the step by step instructions to remediate the issue of EC2 Instances having blacklisted instance types in AWS:

  1. Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard.
  2. Click on the “Instances” link in the left-hand navigation menu.
  3. Select the EC2 instance that has a blacklisted instance type.
  4. Click on the “Actions” button and select “Instance Settings” from the drop-down menu.
  5. Click on “Change Instance Type” from the Instance Settings menu.
  6. Select a different instance type that is not blacklisted.
  7. Click on “Apply” to save the changes.
  8. Verify that the instance type has been changed successfully.

By following these steps, you should be able to remediate the issue of EC2 instances having blacklisted instance types in AWS.

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