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Published inSep 2023
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Dr. Logan Song
Dr. Logan Song
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Dr. Logan Song

Dr. Logan Song is the enterprise cloud director and chief cloud architect at Dito. With 25+ years of professional experience, Dr. Song is highly skilled in enterprise information technologies, specializing in cloud computing and machine learning. He is a Google Cloud-certified professional solution architect and machine learning engineer, an AWS-certified professional solution architect and machine learning specialist, and a Microsoft-certified Azure solution architect expert. Dr. Song holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, an MS in computer science, and an ME in management engineering. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaching cloud computing and machine learning courses.
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Amazon data encryption

Data encryption is a must for securing sensitive data in the cloud. As we have discussed, almost all the AWS cloud data services provide data encryption. In this section, we will spend time introducing AWS KMS and explain how it is leveraged in S3 object encryption using an example.

KMS is a fully managed service to manage encryption keys. It is designed to simplify the process of creating and managing encryption keys, whether they are stored in Amazon S3, EBS, RDS, or other services. AWS KMS provides the following:

  • Centralized key management: With AWS KMS, you can centrally manage encryption keys used to protect your data across multiple AWS services and applications.
  • Customizable key policies: You can set fine-grained access controls on your encryption keys to define who can use them and under what conditions.
  • Encryption key creation: AWS KMS enables you to create new encryption keys, import your own keys, and manage the lifecycle of your...
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Dr. Logan Song

Dr. Logan Song is the enterprise cloud director and chief cloud architect at Dito. With 25+ years of professional experience, Dr. Song is highly skilled in enterprise information technologies, specializing in cloud computing and machine learning. He is a Google Cloud-certified professional solution architect and machine learning engineer, an AWS-certified professional solution architect and machine learning specialist, and a Microsoft-certified Azure solution architect expert. Dr. Song holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, an MS in computer science, and an ME in management engineering. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaching cloud computing and machine learning courses.
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