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Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided keys (SSE-C)
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Advanced
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1h 26m
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19
Description

This course covers the core learning objective to meet the requirements of the 'Designing storage solutions in AWS - Level 3' skill

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate the different Amazon S2 encryption meachanisms available for both client and serfver cryptographic operations
  • Create a file storage strategy for complex organizations
  • Analyze the differenr AWS storage services available to implement a hybid storage solution based upon different data set sizes, business requirements, and cost optimization
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Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided Keys, SSE-C. The encryption process is as follows. Firstly, a client uploads Object Data and the Customer-provided Key to S3 for a HTTPS. It will only work with the HTTPS connection. Otherwise, S3 will reject it. S3 will then use the Customer-provided Key to encrypt the Object Data. S3 will also create a sorted HMAC value of the Customer-provided Key for future validation requests. The encrypted Object Data, along with the HMAC value of the Customer Key is then saved and stored on S3. The Customer-provided Key is then removed from memory. The decryption process is as follows. A request is made by the client via HTTPS connection to S3 to retrieve the Object Data. At the same time, the Customer-provided Key is also sent with the request. S3 uses the HMAC value of the same key to confirm it's validity of the requested object. The Customer-provided Key is then used to decrypt the encrypted Object Data. The Object Data is then sent back to the client.

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Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.

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