AWS Security Blog
Tag: cryptography
How to verify AWS KMS asymmetric key signatures locally with OpenSSL
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. In this post, I demonstrate a sample workflow for generating a digital signature within AWS […]
Round 2 Hybrid Post-Quantum TLS Benchmarks
January 25, 2023: AWS KMS, ACM, Secrets Manager TLS endpoints have been updated to only support NIST’s Round 3 picked KEM, Kyber. s2n-tls and s2n-quic have also been updated to only support Kyber. BIKE or other KEMs may still be added as the standardization proceeds. AWS Cryptography has completed benchmarks of Round 2 Versions of […]
Post-quantum TLS now supported in AWS KMS
January 30, 2024: The API in this blog post has been changed in newer version of the AWS CRT Client. See this page for more info. January 25, 2023: AWS KMS, ACM, Secrets Manager TLS endpoints have been updated to only support NIST’s Round 3 picked KEM, Kyber. s2n-tls and s2n-quic have also been updated […]
AWS Security Profiles: Matthew Campagna, Sr. Principal Security Engineer, Cryptography
In the weeks leading up to re:Inforce, we’ll share conversations we’ve had with people at AWS who will be presenting at the event so you can learn more about them and some of the interesting work that they’re doing. How long have you been at AWS, and what do you do in your current role? […]
How to encrypt and sign DynamoDB data in your application
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. If you store sensitive or confidential data in Amazon DynamoDB, you might want to encrypt […]