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enable-storage-encryption

Explanation

Encryption of Neptune storage ensures that if their is compromise of the disks, the data is still protected.

Possible Impact

Unencrypted sensitive data is vulnerable to compromise.

Suggested Resolution

Enable encryption of Neptune storage

Insecure Example

The following example will fail the AVD-AWS-0076 check.

---
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: Bad example
Resources:
  Cluster:
    Type: AWS::Neptune::DBCluster
    Properties:
      StorageEncrypted: false

Secure Example

The following example will pass the AVD-AWS-0076 check.

---
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: Good example
Resources:
  Cluster:
    Type: AWS::Neptune::DBCluster
    Properties:
      StorageEncrypted: true
      KmsKeyId: "something"