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EC2 security groups prefixed with launch-wizard should not be in use in order to follow AWS security best practices.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

CBP

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

Here are the step by step instructions to remediate the “Security Group Name Prefixed With launch-wizard Should Not Be Used” misconfiguration in AWS using the AWS console:

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console.
  2. Go to the EC2 Dashboard.
  3. Click on the “Security Groups” option in the left-hand menu.
  4. Identify the security group(s) that have a name prefixed with “launch-wizard”.
  5. Select the security group(s) that need to be remediated.
  6. Click on the “Actions” button, and then select “Edit Group Name”.
  7. Rename the security group(s) to a more descriptive and meaningful name that does not include the “launch-wizard” prefix.
  8. Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.

Once you have completed these steps, the security group(s) will no longer have a name prefixed with “launch-wizard”, and the misconfiguration will be remediated.

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