AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - KMS Overview

The video tutorial provides an in-depth overview of AWS Key Management Service (KMS), explaining its integration with various AWS services like IAM, CloudTrail, EBS, S3, and more. It highlights the importance of using KMS for encrypting sensitive information, such as database passwords and SSL certificates, and discusses the concept of customer master keys (CMK). The tutorial also covers data size limitations for KMS, the use of envelope encryption for larger datasets, and the management of KMS access and policies. Additionally, it explains the encryption and decryption process using KMS and how encryption is implemented across different AWS services.

What are the different types of CMK that can be defined in KMS?

How does KMS handle permissions for encryption and decryption operations?

What is the process to encrypt an unencrypted EBS volume using KMS?