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Description

Some Amazon services support Key Management Service (KMS). As a good practice, it is recommended to use Customer Controlled Keys (CMK) instead of the default keys, in order to take full advantage of the KMS service.

Impact

- Obtain sensitive information in plain text - Lose the malleability and control offered by a Customer Managed Key

Recommendation

Enable the encryption using KMS Customer Controlled Keys (CMK)

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet with access to the service

Expected Remediation Time

⏱️ 20 minutes.