Back to Basics: Achieving End to End Encryption for Your AWS Workloads

About this Video

• Video Title: Back to Basics: Achieving End to End Encryption for Your AWS Workloads
• Channel: Amazon Web Services
• Speakers: (Not specified in transcript)
• Duration: 00:05:02

Introduction

This video from Amazon Web Services explains various methods for offloading TLS certificates to enhance the security and operational efficiency of applications within the AWS cloud. It focuses on different AWS services and their capabilities in handling TLS termination and end-to-end encryption.

Key Takeaways

• Application Load Balancers (ALB): ALBs offer TLS termination, handling SSL validation and potentially mTLS (mutual TLS) for client and server authentication. This offloads security tasks from the application. Connection tracking is managed at the ALB layer.
• Network Load Balancers (NLB): NLBs provide two TLS termination options: offloading at the NLB layer (similar to ALB, offering benefits like source IP preservation) or TLS pass-through for end-to-end encryption. NLB simplifies certificate management by centralizing it.
• Amazon API Gateway: Suitable for applications needing advanced API management features such as throttling.
• VPC Lattice: A service mesh solution offering TLS termination for microservices communication.
• Choosing the Right Approach: Selecting the best method depends on application requirements (L7 features, protocols), security needs (end-to-end encryption), and operational overhead considerations.