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Redshift DB is not encrypted Affecting Redshift service in AWS

Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
Data/ Access

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Frameworks
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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00233
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Description

Should someone gain unauthorized access to the data, they would be able to read the contents.

How to fix?

Set the aws_redshift_cluster encrypted attribute to true.

Example configuration:

resource "aws_redshift_cluster" "encryption_enabled" {
  cluster_identifier = "tf-redshift-cluster"
  database_name      = "mydb"
  master_username    = "myusername"
  master_password    = "Mustbe8characters"
  node_type          = "dc1.large"
  cluster_type       = "single-node"
  encrypted          = true
}