AWS Key Management Service

AWS Key Management Service resources

Documentation

Developer Guide

Provides conceptual overviews of AWS Key Management Service and explains how to use it to protect data in your own applications that use AWS.

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API References

Describes all the API operations for AWS Key Management Service in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

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AWS KMS in the AWS CLI Reference

Describes the AWS Key Management Service commands that are available in the AWS Command Line Interface.

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AWS KMS Cryptographic Details

Learn about the cryptographic operations that are run within AWS when you use AWS KMS.

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What's new

Videos

Understanding the shared responsibility model and AWS KMS XKS

Improve data control for customers with AWS KMS, featuring Zoom

[NEW LAUNCH] Introducing AWS KMS External Key Store

AWS Key Management Service - Using HMAC APIs

Do you need an AWS KMS custom key store?

How encryption works in AWS

Using AWS Key Management Service for data protection

The busy manager's guide to encryption

Blog posts & articles

Next steps

FAQs

Find the answers to your questions

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Console

Get started building with AWS Key Management Service in the AWS Console

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