Control: AWS > CIS v1.4 > 2 - Storage > 2.03 - Relational Database Service (RDS) > 2.03.01 - Ensure that encryption is enabled for RDS Instances (Automated)

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1 (Scored)

Amazon RDS encrypted DB instances use the industry standard AES-256 encryption algorithm to encrypt your data on the server that hosts your Amazon RDS DB instances. After your data is encrypted, Amazon RDS handles authentication of access and decryption of your data transparently with a minimal impact on performance.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

AWS > RDS > DB Instance

Primary Policies

The following policies can be used to configure this control:

2.03.01 - Ensure that encryption is enabled for RDS Instances (Automated)

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r020301

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071408

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r020301") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r020301'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/control/types/r020301"