EBS 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Sanitisation

What happens to the data on your EBS volume when you destroy your disk?

A

Nothing! Stays in-place on raw disks.

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Sanitisation

How does AWS prevent your raw data from being exposed to next EBS volume created?

A

AWS wipes disk blocks before providing to a new EBS volume.

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3
Q

Sanitisation

How can you wipe your data before unallocating an EBS volume?

A

Manually from inside EC2, use EBS encryption.

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4
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Sanitisation

Why does EBS encryption assure your data doesn’t exist after unallocate an EBS volume?

A

It doesn’t, but the DEK is only accessible from your account, so data is effectively wiped.

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Sanitisation

What happens to your data when AWS decommissions physical volumes?

A

AWS destroys data conforming to DoD and NIST guidelines.

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