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Tag: KMS
AWS Key Management Service Now Available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) region. You can now encrypt data in your own applications and within the following AWS services in GovCloud by using keys under your control: Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes Amazon S3 objects using Server Side Encryption (SSE-KMS) and client-side encryption using the […]
Share Custom Encryption Keys More Securely Between Accounts by Using AWS Key Management Service
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to create, control, rotate, and use your encryption keys in your applications. KMS allows you to create custom keys that other AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users and roles in your AWS account can use. You can also enable […]
Amazon RDS Now Supports Encryption via AWS Key Management Service
Today, Amazon RDS for MySQL and PostgreSQL released support for database encryption using AWS Key Management Service (KMS). This feature addresses a common request from customers who have asked for an easy way to encrypt data in these RDS database types. When you create a new MySQL or PostgreSQL database instance, you can choose to […]
A Recap of the AWS Security Blog in 2014
The goal of the AWS Security blog is to provide you with guidance, best practices, and technical walkthroughs covering new service launches or topics such as how to help increase the security of your AWS account or better achieve your compliance goals. As we welcome 2015, we want to make sure that you did not […]
Amazon Elastic Transcoder Now Supports Media File Encryption
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) now supports a new AWS service in addition to Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, and Amazon Redshift. This week Amazon Elastic Transcoder released support for encryption of media assets using AWS KMS. Specifically, you can upload encrypted mezzanine files, thumbnails, captions and watermarks to Amazon Elastic Transcoder and allow the service to […]
A New Way to Encrypt Your Data and Manage Encryption Keys Using AWS Key Management Service
Today, we’re excited to announce AWS Key Management Service (KMS) a new service that gives you control and visibility over the encryption keys that protect your data, with strong security and audit controls. AWS KMS is integrated with other AWS services including Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Amazon Redshift to simplify encryption of your data within those […]