https://blog.dev.simpleenough.net/tags/antoine/Recent content in Antoine on Simple Enough BlogHugoenSun, 19 Jan 2025 09:56:41 +0100https://blog.dev.simpleenough.net/blog/demystifying-aws-kms/Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:56:41 +0100https://blog.dev.simpleenough.net/blog/demystifying-aws-kms/<h2 id="i-introduction-to-aws-kms" class="heading">I. Introduction to AWS KMS<a href="#i-introduction-to-aws-kms" aria-labelledby="i-introduction-to-aws-kms"> <!-- <i class="fas fa-link anchor"></i> --> <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-link anchor" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 640 512"><use href="#fas-link"></use></svg>&nbsp; </a> </h2> <h3 id="a-what-is-aws-kms" class="heading"><strong>A. What is AWS KMS?</strong><a href="#a-what-is-aws-kms" aria-labelledby="a-what-is-aws-kms"> <!-- <i class="fas fa-link anchor"></i> --> <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-link anchor" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 640 512"><use href="#fas-link"></use></svg>&nbsp; </a> </h3> <p>AWS KMS, short for <strong>Key Management Service</strong>, is a fully managed service designed to simplify the creation, management, and control of encryption keys. Everytime encryption is mentioned in AWS services like EBS, S3, RDS, or SSM, AWS KMS is probably involved. This service integrates seamlessly with IAM and, of course, it also ensures robust access control and auditing through CloudTrail.</p>