Encrypting Data in .NET apps Using AWS Key Management Service
Let’s be honest, cryptography can be a dense and intimidating topic for most. When contemplating your cryptography strategy, there are so many questions that need to be answered: symmetric or asymmetric encryption? Which algorithm should you use? What will the key management story be? etc. – etc….
Utilizing a key management service like AWS Key Management Service (or KMS) is a great way to simplify your cryptography strategy. AWS KMS supports customer managed keys as well as keys managed by AWS, key rotation, symmetric or asymmetric encryption, et. al.