{"id":10062,"date":"2021-08-20T04:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T04:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudkul.com\/blog\/?p=10062"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:12:52","slug":"how-to-encrypt-aws-ebs-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudkul.com\/blog\/how-to-encrypt-aws-ebs-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"How to encrypt AWS EBS volume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite the numerous advantages of shifting to the cloud, data security remains a major barrier to adoption for many businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll want to make sure your data is safe while it’s being stored on the cloud, therefore cloud data security is crucial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of a number of high-profile hacking cases, this is a hot topic among business owners, but the reality is that your data is safer on the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Cloud storage is safer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your data is backed up to the cloud rather than being kept on-site or nearby when you use cloud storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some companies still use tape backups or keep their data backups on-site or at a nearby off-site location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is a local disaster, backups could be lost. Because the data is stored in faraway locations, cloud security prevents this issue, and protects your business from data loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elastic Blob Storage(EBS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EBS volumes are block-level, fast storage devices that are connected to your EC2 Instances. For an EC2 or database, EBS can be used as the primary storage device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EBS volumes exist independently of your EC2 instances and can be kept even if the EC2 instance that they are associated with is deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Encrypt EBS volumes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When using any storage service, encryption should be a top priority for a company to safeguard data at rest and in transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EBS volumes can be attached to your instances and are best suited for data that is constantly changing or requires a high number of input\/output operations per second (IOPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EBS volumes are suitable for storing sensitive data and can be utilized to store personally identifiable information (PII) because they provide persistent level storage to your instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To safeguard data on the disk from harmful activity in any context where this is the case, it must be encrypted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Encrypt new EBS volumes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let us discuss how we can encrypt new EBS volumes by following the below steps – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. First, login into the AWS login console<\/strong>, you can sign up<\/a><\/strong> from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Then, from the top right corner, select the AWS Region<\/strong> where you want to create EBS volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Then search for EC2, select<\/strong> ‘Volumes’<\/strong> under EC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Next, you need to click on ‘Create volume’<\/strong> to create new volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Fill in all the required details in the form<\/strong>, then scroll down<\/strong> to click on the ‘create volume’ button<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Further, you will find it as a confirmation that your new volume has been encrypted successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a result, your new volume has been encrypted successfully. Following this process, you can create as many as volumes you want and will cost accordingly.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to encrypt New EBS volumes by default<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AWS has also included a function that allows users (and especially administrators) to automatically enable encryption on all EBS volumes created inside a certain region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note – <\/strong>This has far-reaching implications, but it only works on a per-region basis, therefore enabling default encryption will need to be done separately in each region.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steps for default encryption are – <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Go to ‘EC2 instance dashboard’<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Under ‘Account Attributes’<\/strong>, select ‘EBS Encryption’<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Then select the checkbox<\/strong> shown in the below image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    How to Encrypt existing EBS volumes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Follow the below steps to encrypt your existing EBS volumes – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. ‘Select the unencrypted volume<\/strong>‘ that you want to encrypt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      2. Click on ‘Action’<\/strong> and then select ‘Create snapshot’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      3. Fill in all the required details in the form<\/strong>, then scroll down<\/strong> to click on the ‘create snapshot’ button<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      4. Further, you will find it as a confirmation that your new snapshot has been encrypted successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      5. Once the snapshot has been created, go to ‘Snapshot’ under EC2 <\/strong>and then select the newly created volume<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      6. Click on ‘Action’<\/strong> and then select the ‘Copy’<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      7. Then, select the Encryption checkbox <\/strong>to ‘Encrypt this snapshot’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      8. Your snapshot will be encrypted successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      At last, in this way, you can encrypt your existing EBS volumes.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      EBS volume encryption is a straightforward and cost-effective alternative to constructing and maintaining your own cloud data security architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      It uses Amazon’s Key Management Service (KMS), which imposes physical security constraints and serves as a central hub for creating, and managing keys for cloud and on-premises services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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