Ensure default EBS encryption is enabled
Default EBS encryption ensures all new EBS volumes created in the region are automatically encrypted without requiring encryption to be specified at volume creation.
Security Impact
Without default encryption, new EBS volumes may be created without encryption, leaving data unprotected.
How to Remediate
Enable EBS encryption by default in each region using the EC2 console or AWS CLI: aws ec2 enable-ebs-encryption-by-default --region REGION
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-2
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Encryption
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CIS Benchmark
- 2.2.2
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