Policy: 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 policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > RDS > DB Instance

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > CIS v1.4 > 2 - Storage > 2.03 - Relational Database Service (RDS)

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 2 - Storage`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per AWS > CIS v1.4 > 2 - Storage` `Skip` `Check: Level 1 (Scored)`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

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

GraphQL

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

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r020301'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r020301'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r020301"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-cisv1-4#/policy/types/r020301"