Encryption and Secrets Management

In this section, you will explore encryption and secrets management and the relevant services for both of these concepts in AWS.

Encryption is a fundamental aspect of data security, transforming data into a secure format that is unreadable to unauthorized users. This process is crucial for protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access and ensuring data integrity. AWS offers several encryption solutions to safeguard data both at rest and in transit, utilizing advanced encryption algorithms and key management services. You will first learn about how to encrypt data while it is being stored.

Encryption at Rest

AWS provides various methods to encrypt data. At-rest encryption protects data stored on AWS services such as Simple Storage Service (S3), Relational Database Service (RDS), and Elastic Block Store (EBS), ensuring that stored data remains secure. Some services will encrypt data at rest by default, such as S3, while others require...