Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Compliance

Question 1

How can I estimate my AWS KMS usage costs?

Compliance

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Application Integration

Answer 1

To predict costs and better understand your AWS bill, you might want to know how often Amazon SQS uses your CMK.

Note: Although the following formula can give you a very good idea of expected costs, actual costs might be higher because of the distributed nature of Amazon SQS.

To calculate the number of API requests per queue (R), use the following formula:

R = B / D * (2 * P + C)

B is the billing period (in seconds)

D is the data key reuse period (in seconds)

P is the number of producing principals that send to the Amazon SQS queue.

C is the number of consuming principals that receive from the Amazon SQS queue.

Important: In general, producing principals incur double the cost of consuming principals. For more information, see How Does the Data Key Reuse Period Work? in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.

If the producer and consumer have different IAM users, the cost increases.

For example calculations, see How Do I Estimate My Customer Master Key (CMK) Usage Costs? in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide. For exact pricing information, see AWS KMS Service Pricing.

Question 2

Is Amazon SQS PCI DSS certified?

Compliance

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) | Application Integration

Answer 2

Yes. Amazon SQS is PCI DSS Level 1 certified. For more information, see PCI Compliance.