Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports customer managed encryption keys
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Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports customer managed AWS KMS keys for encrypting canary environment variables, giving organizations full control over sensitive data encryption.
- Specify customer managed symmetric KMS keys when creating or updating canaries
- Encrypt environment variables at rest using organizational key management policies
- Support client-side encryption with AWS KMS Decrypt API at runtime
- Multi-location canaries can use different KMS keys per replica Region
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions
This enhancement enables regulated industries to meet compliance requirements with full auditability and key rotation controls.
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