AWS KMS

  • AWS managed the key for us
  • Has IAM for authentication, able to audit using CloudTrail
  • KMS services
    • AWS Managed Key: free
      • the default key created by AWS, for example aws/rds, aws/ebs,...
    • Customer Managed Keys (CMK) ^8c0645
      • You create the key in KMS, cost $1 per month per key
    • Customer Managed Keys Imported
      • Same as the above but you import your key: $1 per month per key
  • You also have to pay for KMS API calls ($0.03 / 10000 calls)