diff --git a/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/main.tf b/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/main.tf
index 1f1222a..f19135e 100644
--- a/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/main.tf
+++ b/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/main.tf
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-mem_free" {
   actions_enabled           = var.actions-enabled
   alarm_actions             = [var.alarm-actions-standard]
   ok_actions                = [var.alarm-actions-standard]
-  treat_missing_data        = "notBreaching"
   dimensions = {
     InstanceId   = var.ec2-instance-id
     ImageId      = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.ami
@@ -101,20 +100,15 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-mem_free" {
 
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-swap_free" {
   # zero is fine as most ec2 instances are deployed without any swap
-  alarm_name          = "${var.cw-alarm-prefix}:EC2:swap_free:${var.ec2-instance-id}"
-  comparison_operator = "LessThanThreshold"
-  evaluation_periods  = "2"
-  # metric_name               = "swap_free"
-  # period                    = "900"
-  # statistic                 = "Average"
-  threshold         = var.threshold-swap_free
-  alarm_description = "EC2:swap_free"
-  # namespace                 = "CWAgent"
+  alarm_name                = "${var.cw-alarm-prefix}:EC2:swap_free:${var.ec2-instance-id}"
+  comparison_operator       = "LessThanThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods        = "2"
+  threshold                 = var.threshold-swap_free
+  alarm_description         = "EC2:swap_free"
   insufficient_data_actions = []
   actions_enabled           = var.actions-enabled
   alarm_actions             = [var.alarm-actions-standard]
   ok_actions                = [var.alarm-actions-standard]
-  treat_missing_data        = "notBreaching"
   metric_query {
     id = "m1"
     metric {
@@ -136,11 +130,6 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-swap_free" {
     return_data = "true"
   }
 
-  #dimensions = {
-  #  InstanceId = var.ec2-instance-id
-  #  ImageId = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.ami
-  #  InstanceType = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.instance_type
-  #}
   tags = var.default-tags
   lifecycle {
     ignore_changes = [tags]
@@ -174,11 +163,9 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-disk_free" {
     InstanceId   = var.ec2-instance-id
     ImageId      = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.ami
     InstanceType = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.instance_type
-    #device       = length(data.external.disk-device.result.device) > 0 ? data.external.disk-device.result.device : "unknown"
-    #fstype       = length(data.external.disk-device.result.fstype) > 0 ? data.external.disk-device.result.fstype : "unknown"
-    device = data.external.disk-device.result.device
-    fstype = data.external.disk-device.result.fstype
-    path   = "/"
+    device       = data.external.disk-device.result.device
+    fstype       = data.external.disk-device.result.fstype
+    path         = "/"
   }
   tags = var.default-tags
   lifecycle {
@@ -213,4 +200,29 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-disk_inodes_free" {
   lifecycle {
     ignore_changes = [tags]
   }
+}
+
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ec2-processes_total" {
+  alarm_name                = "${var.cw-alarm-prefix}:EC2:processes_total:${var.ec2-instance-id}"
+  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods        = "2"
+  metric_name               = "processes_total"
+  period                    = "900"
+  statistic                 = "Average"
+  threshold                 = var.threshold-processes_total
+  alarm_description         = "EC2:processes_total"
+  namespace                 = "CWAgent"
+  insufficient_data_actions = []
+  actions_enabled           = var.actions-enabled
+  alarm_actions             = [var.alarm-actions-urgent]
+  ok_actions                = [var.alarm-actions-urgent]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId   = var.ec2-instance-id
+    ImageId      = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.ami
+    InstanceType = data.aws_instance.ec2-instance.instance_type
+  }
+  tags = var.default-tags
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [tags]
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/variables.tf b/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/variables.tf
index 9c1878a..0f99690 100644
--- a/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/ManagementGovernance/Monitoring.EC2/variables.tf
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ variable "threshold-CPUUtilization" {}
 variable "threshold-mem_free" {}
 variable "threshold-swap_free" {}
 variable "threshold-disk_free" {}
-variable "threshold-disk_inodes_free" {}
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+variable "threshold-disk_inodes_free" {}
+variable "threshold-processes_total" {}
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