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2.2.1 Enable volume encryption for Elastic Block Store (EBS) (Automated)​

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• Level 1

Description​

Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) supports encryption at rest when using the Elastic Block Store (EBS) service. While turned off by default, you can force encryption at EBS volume creation.

Rationale​

Encrypting data at rest reduces the likelihood that it is unintentionally exposed and can nullify the impact of disclosure if the encryption remains unbroken.

Audit​

From Console​

  1. Login to AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EC2 console using https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
  2. Under Account attributes, click EBS encryption.
  3. Verify Always encrypt new EBS volumes displays Enabled.
  4. Review every region in-use.
note

EBS volume encryption is configured per region.

From Command Line​

  1. Run 
aws --region <region> ec2 get-ebs-encryption-by-default
  1. Verify that "EbsEncryptionByDefault": true is displayed.
  2. Review every region in-use.
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EBS volume encryption is configured per region.

Remediation​

From Console​

  1. Login to AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EC2 console using https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
  2. Under Account attributes, click EBS encryption.
  3. Click Manage.
  4. Click the Enable checkbox.
  5. Click Update EBS encryption.
  6. Repeat for every region requiring the change.
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Configure EBS volume encryption per region.

From Command Line​

  1. Run
aws --region <region> ec2 enable-ebs-encryption-by-default
  1. Verify that the command returns "EbsEncryptionByDefault": true.
  2. Repeat for every region requiring the change.
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  • Configure EBS volume encryption per region.
  • You can utilize Lacework's remediation template to resolve violations of this policy. See Remediation Templates.

References​

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-opt-in-to-default-encryption-for-new-ebs-volumes/

Additional Information​

Default EBS volume encryption only applies to newly created EBS volumes. Existing EBS volumes are not converted automatically.

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