Medium SQS Regional

Amazon SQS queues should be encrypted at rest

NIST

Description

This control checks whether Amazon SQS queues are encrypted at rest using SSE-SQS or an AWS KMS key.


Remediation

To manage server-side encryption for a queue, configure the queue to use SSE-SQS or an AWS KMS key.

Steps

  1. Open the Amazon SQS console.
  2. Select the queue to configure.
  3. Configure the queue to use SSE-SQS or an AWS KMS key for encryption.

Compliance

NIST