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AWS Certified Security – Specialty SCS-C03 · Domain 5: Data Protection

Encrypting data stores: EBS encryption by default, RDS, Aurora and DynamoDB encryption, and encrypting existing unencrypted resources

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Last reviewed September 29, 2026 · Leer en español

Most AWS data stores encrypt at rest with KMS, but the details of when and how you can turn encryption on differ, and those details are what exam questions test.

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