diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5112fb40..338f63f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ It covers hardening and security best practices for all AWS regions related to:
 - Logging (8 checks)
 - Monitoring (15 checks)
 - Networking (5 checks)
-- Extras (8 checks) *see Extras section
+- Extras (9 checks) *see Extras section
 
 For a comprehesive list and resolution look at the guide on the link above.
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ The `aws iam create-access-key` command will output the secret access key and th
 
 ## Extras
 We are adding additional checks to improve the information gather from each account, these checks are out of the scope of the CIS benchmark for AWS but we consider them very helpful to get to know each AWS account set up and find issues on it.
-At this moment we have 8 extra checks:
+At this moment we have 9 extra checks:
 
 - 7.1 (`extra71`) Ensure users with AdministratorAccess policy have MFA tokens enabled (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
 - 7.2 (`extra72`) Ensure there are no EBS Snapshots set as Public (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ At this moment we have 8 extra checks:
 - 7.6 (`extra76`) Ensure there are no EC2 AMIs set as Public (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
 - 7.7 (`extra77`) Ensure there are no ECR repositories set as Public (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
 - 7.8 (`extra78`) Ensure there are no Public Accessible RDS instances (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
+- 7.9 (`extra79`) Check for internet accessible Elastic Load Blancers (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)
 
 To check all extras in one command:
 ```
diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index 30f4a80f..5cdae1e9 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ ID77="7.7,7.07"
 TITLE77="Ensure there are no ECR repositories set as Public (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
 ID78="7.8,7.08"
 TITLE78="Ensure there are no Public Accessible RDS instances (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+ID79="7.9,7.09"
+TITLE79="Check for internet facing Elastic Load Balancers (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
 
 
 printCsvHeader() {
@@ -1767,6 +1769,22 @@ extra78(){
   done
 }
 
+extra79(){
+  # "Check for internet facing Elastic Load Balancers (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+  textTitle "$ID79" "$TITLE79" "NOT_SCORED" "EXTRA"
+  textNotice "Looking for Elastic Load Balancers in all regions...  "
+  for regx in $REGIONS; do
+    LIST_OF_PUBLIC_ELBS=$($AWSCLI elb describe-load-balancers $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx --query 'LoadBalancerDescriptions[?Scheme == `internet-facing`].LoadBalancerName' --output text)
+    if [[ $LIST_OF_PUBLIC_ELBS ]];then
+      for elb in $(echo $LIST_OF_PUBLIC_ELBS);do
+        textWarn "$regx: ELB: $elb is internet-facing!" "$regx"
+      done
+      else
+        textOK "$regx: no Internet Facing ELBs found" "$regx"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
 callCheck(){
   if [[ $CHECKNUMBER ]];then
     case "$CHECKNUMBER" in
@@ -1830,6 +1848,7 @@ callCheck(){
       extra76|extra706 ) extra76;;
       extra77|extra707 ) extra77;;
       extra78|extra708 ) extra78;;
+      extra79|extra709 ) extra79;;
 
       ## Groups of Checks
       check1 )
@@ -1865,7 +1884,7 @@ callCheck(){
         check43;check44;check45
         ;;
       extras )
-        extra71;extra72;extra73;extra74;extra75;extra76;extra77;extra78
+        extra71;extra72;extra73;extra74;extra75;extra76;extra77;extra78;extra79
         ;;
       * )
         textWarn "ERROR! Use a valid check name (i.e. check41 or extra71)\n";
@@ -1944,6 +1963,7 @@ if [[ $PRINTCHECKSONLY == "1" ]]; then
   textTitle "$ID76" "$TITLE76" "NOT_SCORED" "EXTRA"
   textTitle "$ID77" "$TITLE77" "NOT_SCORED" "EXTRA"
   textTitle "$ID78" "$TITLE78" "NOT_SCORED" "EXTRA"
+  textTitle "$ID79" "$TITLE79" "NOT_SCORED" "EXTRA"
   exit $EXITCODE
 fi
 
@@ -2028,6 +2048,7 @@ extra75
 extra76
 extra77
 extra78
+extra79
 
 cleanTemp
 exit $EXITCODE