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Data protection - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial
From the course: Securely Migrating to AWS
Data protection
- [Narrator] Just as you would secure any of your valuables, it's crucial to protect your data at rest during the cloud migration process to prevent unauthorized access and ensure compliance. In this video, we'll discuss data classification, using AWS Key Management Service and AWS CloudHSM for compliance. Let's start with data classification. Classifying data involves categorizing it based on sensitivity, confidentiality and regulatory requirements. Begin by understanding what data is sensitive, confidential or public. For instance, classify customer records as confidential and marketing materials as public. This helps in applying appropriate security controls and managing risk effectively. Next, key management for data protection. AWS KMS allows you to create and control cryptographic keys for encrypting your data. AWS KMS protects your data stored in services like Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon RDS and AWS Lambda. For example, encrypt sensitive customer data in S3 using KMS managed…