Data encryption introduction
There are many reasons why there is a bigger push to encrypt data these days. The requirement could stem from a regulation that your company needs to follow for the industry they are in. It may be that there is internal compliance governance that states that data needs to be encrypted. And it just may come down to taking a proactive stance on security by adding an additional layer of protection to your environment. No matter what the driving reason is, the goal, in the end, is to have a more secure platform for your customers to use and better data protection:
Figure 19.1 – The AWS cryptography stack
In the end, what you and your organization's end goal should be with the use of encryption can be simplified by minimizing the unauthorized physical and logical access to data.
There are three categories to be aware of when looking at data and encryption:
- Data in transit
- Data at rest
- Data in use ...