AWS Key Management Service

AWS Key Management Service is important for creating and managing cryptographic keys. It is featured by Amazon, and is secure and resilient. It uses 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