CloudHSM¶

AWS provisions dedicated encryption hardware (Hardware Security Module)
Use when you want to manage encryption keys completely
HSM device is stored in AWS (tamper resistant, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 compliance)
Supports both symmetric and asymmetric encryption
Good option to use with SSE-C encryption
CloudHSM clusters are spread across Multi AZ (high availability)
Redshift supports CloudHSM for database encryption and key management
IAM permissions are required to perform CRUD operations on HSM cluster
CloudHSM Software is used to manage the keys and users (in KMS, everything is managed using IAM)

Last updated: 2022-05-20