EvidenceSheet
AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · Data Protection

SEC08-BP02 Enforce encryption at rest

Ensure all data stores encrypt data at rest using KMS keys, enforce by default through account settings, SCPs and Config rules.

Source: AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar, SEC08-BP02. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar in the compliance library.

5
artefacts
3
held by a system
0
at each review
easy
to go live
Cloud console / configuration management
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

  • S3 default encryption settings · Cloud console / configuration management
  • Config rules for unencrypted resources · Cloud console / configuration management
  • SCP denying unencrypted creation · Document repository

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • EBS encryption by default · Document repository
  • RDS encryption status · Document repository

First move

Automate the pull from your Cloud console / configuration management. Configuration snapshots and change history from the cloud console or IaC repository, diffed against the baseline.

Common gaps auditors find

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SEC08-BP01 Implement secure key management · SEC08-BP03 Automate data at rest protection