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Tag: AMI
How to share encrypted AMIs across accounts to launch encrypted EC2 instances
May 18, 2023:We’ve updated the syntax in the JSON policy document in the Create the policy setting for the source account section. August 31, 2021:AWS KMS is replacing the term customer master key (CMK) with AWS KMS key and KMS key. The concept has not changed. To prevent breaking changes, AWS KMS is keeping some […]
How to quickly launch encrypted EBS-backed EC2 instances from unencrypted AMIs
August 31, 2021: AWS KMS is replacing the term customer master key (CMK) with AWS KMS key and KMS key. The concept has not changed. To prevent breaking changes, AWS KMS is keeping some variations of this term. More info. An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) provides the information that you need to launch an instance […]
Use AWS Services to Adhere to Security Best Practices—Minus the Inordinate Time Investment
As security professionals, it is our job to be sure that our decisions adhere to best practices. Best practices, though, tend to be time consuming, which means we either don’t get around to following best practices, or we spend too much time on tedious, manual tasks. This blog post includes two examples where AWS services […]