We can find and use security-related AMIs from AWS Marketplace as follows:
- Go to the EC2 service on the dashboard.
- Click Instances from the left sidebar and click Launch Instance.
- Select AWS Marketplace from the left sidebar.
- Scroll down to the Security subheading under the Infrastructure Software heading in the main content area.
- Click on the hyperlink with numbers under the Security subheading. As of the time of writing, 701 products are available. We should see the AMIs tagged with security, as follows:
We can further filter results based on parameters such as Operating System, Software Free Trial, Software Pricing Plans, and Support from the left sidebar. Once we decide on a product, we can follow the recipes within Chapter 6, Working with EC2 Instances, to complete launching the instance.