Ensure that your Amazon SageMaker notebook instances are configured to deny root access in order to prevent unauthorized users from gaining elevated privileges and potentially compromising the system.
Disabling root access on SageMaker notebook instances boosts security by restricting user ability to modify critical system files or install unauthorized software. This prevents accidental or malicious tampering that could compromise the instance or data.
Audit
To determine if your Amazon SageMaker notebook instances are configured to prevent root access, perform the following operations:
Remediation / Resolution
To disable root access for your Amazon SageMaker notebook instances, perform the following operations:
References
- AWS Documentation
- Amazon SageMaker FAQs
- Control root access to a SageMaker notebook instance
- Control root access to Amazon SageMaker notebook instances
- Amazon SageMaker
- Access control for notebooks
- AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) Documentation
- list-notebook-instances
- describe-notebook-instance
- update-notebook-instance
- stop-notebook-instance
- start-notebook-instance
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Disable Root Access for SageMaker Notebook Instances
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