Amazon Aurora now supports Server-Side Encryption at Rest
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This article announces that Amazon Aurora now automatically applies server-side encryption at rest to all new database clusters by default using AWS-owned keys.
- Server-side encryption automatically enabled for all new Aurora clusters
- Encryption is fully managed, transparent, with no cost or performance impact
- Existing clusters remain unaffected and retain current encryption configuration
- Users can still choose customer-managed or AWS-managed KMS keys during cluster creation
- Encryption cannot be disabled on new clusters
- Available in all AWS Regions including AWS GovCloud (US)
Aurora strengthens security by making encryption the default for new databases without requiring manual key management or configuration.
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