AWS Key Management Service

About AWS Key Management Service

To create and manage cryptographic keys AWS Key Management Service plays an important role. Featured by the top-most MNC, Amazon, this AWS Key Management Service is absolutely secure and resilient. It uses a plethora of hardware security modules that have been validated under FIPS 140-2, to protect essential keys. With AWS Key Management Service, users can enforce permissions and handle the durability/physical security of the keys. This service by Amazon also presents a single control point to manage keys as well as define policies consistently. Furthermore, by using the AWS Management Console or AWS SDK/CLI, users can easily create, import, rotate, delete and manage permissions on keys. Integrated with AWS Services, AWS KMS is used to simplify the keys and workloads alike. With this service, users can choose the level of access control that they need. AWS KMS also offers detailed logs of keys to AWS CloudTrail, providing an independent view of who accessed the encrypted data. Furthermore, with validation of FIPS 140-2, AWS KMS allows keys only inside the available devices. Other features of this service include compliance and in-built auditing.