AWS GovCloud (US) Update – AWS Key Management Service Now Available
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The AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) offers a streamlined and centralized approach to managing your encryption keys. As I mentioned during the service’s launch (see my post, New AWS Key Management Service, for more details), this tool provides an essential option for safeguarding your data while alleviating many of the scalability and availability challenges that arise from enterprise-level key management. KMS employs Hardware Security Modules to ensure the security of your keys and is integrated with AWS CloudTrail for comprehensive logging of all key usage.
AWS GovCloud (US) is specifically designed to support U.S. government agencies (federal, state, and local), contractors, educational institutions, enterprises, and other U.S. customers in running regulated workloads in the cloud. AWS boasts numerous security features and adheres to various compliance programs. This region empowers customers to operate workloads that comply with U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMPsm), and levels 1-5 of the Department of Defense Cloud Security Model (CSM).
KMS in GovCloud (US)
We are excited to announce that AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) is now available in AWS GovCloud (US). You can utilize it to encrypt data within your applications and across the following AWS services, all while maintaining control over your keys:
- Amazon EBS volumes.
- Amazon S3 objects using Server-Side Encryption (SSE-KMS) or client-side encryption via the encryption client in the AWS SDKs.
- Output from Amazon EMR clusters to S3 using the EMRFS client.
For further information, please visit the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) page. To get started in the AWS GovCloud (US) region, contact us today! Additionally, if you’re interested in understanding the onboarding process better, this is an excellent resource: How is the first week like as an Amazon warehouse worker. You can also check out this blog post to keep you engaged. Furthermore, for insights into creating better employee handbooks, visit SHRM, they are an authority on this topic.
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