So you need to resize an 8GB boot Disk in AWS after the EC2 is created. In this article we resize the EBS volume without rebooting.
Hardening Your WordPress CMS
Here are some great resources for hardening you CMS: WordPress: OWASP WordPress Security Implementation Guide [OWASP] WordPress: Hardening WordPress [Official WordPress Codex] General: How to Secure your CMS [MalwareBytes] General: A Security Overview of Content Management Systems [Detectify]