You're reading from Mastering AWS Security - Second Edition

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Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805125440

Pages 370 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Author (1):

Laurent Mathieu

Preface

1. Part 1: Foundations of AWS Security

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS Security Concepts and the Shared Responsibility Model

3. Chapter 2: Infrastructure Security – Keeping Your VPC secure

4. Chapter 3: Identity and Access Management – Securing Users, Roles, and Policies

5. Chapter 4: Data Protection – Encryption, Key Management, and Data Storage Best Practices

6. Chapter 5: Introduction to AWS Security Services

7. Part 2: Architecting and Deploying Secure AWS Environments

8. Chapter 6: Designing Secure Microservices Architectures in AWS

9. Chapter 7: Implementing Security for Serverless Deployments

10. Chapter 8: Secure Design Patterns for Multi-Tenancy in Shared Environments

11. Chapter 9: Automate Everything to Build Immutable and Ephemeral Resources

12. Part 3: Monitoring, Automation and Continuous Improvement

13. Chapter 10: Advanced Logging, Auditing, and Monitoring in AWS

14. Chapter 11: Security Compliance with AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Automated Remediation

15. Chapter 12: DevSecOps – Integrating Security into CI/CD Pipelines

16. Chapter 13: Keeping Up with Evolving AWS Security Best Practices and Threat Landscape

17. Chapter 14: Closing Note

18. Index

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Answers

Here are the answers to this chapter’s questions:

The AWS Encryption SDK is a client-side library that’s designed to make encryption more accessible and manageable for developers. It enhances data protection, both at rest and in transit, and can be used across various AWS services and even outside the AWS environment. It offers features such as data key caching, a suite of robust encryption algorithms, and message protection, making it developer-friendly and cost-efficient.
Key rotation is crucial for maintaining robust cryptography. KMS supports automatic key rotation for CMKs, where new key material is generated every year. You also have the option to manually rotate keys. When a key is rotated, the key material changes, but the key ID remains the same.
RDS supports volume encryption using keys managed through KMS. It also allows for field-level encryption either through application-level logic or native TDE features provided by certain database...