Encrypt everything (rest & transit)

intermediate

Scenario & brief

A compliance review requires encryption at rest and in transit across the board. Today the load balancer serves plain HTTP, and the database, cache, and object store keep data in the clear.

Turn on encryption everywhere:

TLS in transit at the load balancer, app, and database, and
encryption at rest for the database, cache, and S3 bucket.

2,000 rps peakp99 ≤ 200ms99.9% availdurability: criticalbudget $200/mo

Load Balancer

Networking

Require TLS in transit

System health

Erupting · SLA breach

/ 100

Score

SLA not met yet

Monthly cost

$22

Budget $200/mo · within budget

Metrics

Security posture0

Connectivity100

Requirements met0

Requirements

Load balancer serves TLS/HTTPS — cleartext (need encrypted in transit)
App traffic encrypted in transit — cleartext (need encrypted in transit)
Database connections use TLS — cleartext (need encrypted in transit)
Database encrypted at rest — plaintext (need encrypted at rest)
Cache encrypted at rest — plaintext (need encrypted at rest)
S3 bucket encrypted at rest — plaintext (need encrypted at rest)

Advisor

Load balancer serves TLS/HTTPS: Require TLS/HTTPS in transit.
App traffic encrypted in transit: Require TLS/HTTPS in transit.
Database connections use TLS: Require TLS/HTTPS in transit.
Database encrypted at rest: Enable encryption at rest.
Cache encrypted at rest: Enable encryption at rest.
S3 bucket encrypted at rest: Enable encryption at rest.

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