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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

You're reading from   AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide The ultimate exam guide to AWS Solutions Architect certification

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789130669
Length 626 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Stuart Scott Stuart Scott
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Gabriel Ramirez Isaias Ramirez Melgarejo Gabriel Ramirez Isaias Ramirez Melgarejo
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Amazon Web Services FREE CHAPTER 2. AWS Global Infrastructure Overview 3. Elasticity and Scalability Concepts 4. Hybrid Cloud Architectures 5. Resilient Patterns 6. Event Driven and Stateless Architectures 7. Integrating Application Services 8. Disaster Recovery Strategies 9. Storage Options 10. Matching Supply and Demand 11. Introducing Amazon Elastic MapReduce 12. Web Scale Applications 13. Understanding Access Control 14. Encryption and Key Management 15. An Overview of Security and Compliance Services 16. AWS Security Best Practices 17. Web Application Security 18. Cost Effective Resources 19. Working with Infrastructure as Code 20. Automation with AWS 21. Introduction to the DevOps practice in AWS 22. Mock Test 1
23. Mock Test 2
24. Assessment 25. Another Book You May Enjoy

An overview of encryption

Before we get deeper into the different techniques and methods used by AWS to encrypt your data, an overview and an understanding of the different key cryptography mechanisms is needed.

Any data that has not been encrypted is known as plaintext, which simply means that the data is in a readable format without the need for any mathematical intervention to alter the data before it can be read. When data is in a state of plaintext, anyone who has read access to the data can access it and view the information contained within it. As long as this data is not sensitive or contains confidential information, then this unencrypted data can remain unencrypted. However, if the data IS sensitive, such as containing customer details and information, then there will be a requirement to protect and secure this data as a priority.

Sensitive data must be encrypted, since...

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