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Encryption is the process of transforming plaintext using a cipher to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing the key.
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Understanding AWS/KMS Keyring Encryption, Genkeys and Plaintext Data Keys
I'm reading up on the AWS Encryption SDK (JavaScript flavor but this is the same for Python and Java, and my question is really on the underlying security principles, which are language agnostic). … Either way, what is the advantage of a generator key that generates encryption keys and all these optional additional keys? …
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Understanding AWS/KMS Keyring Encryption, Genkeys and Plaintext Data Keys
I think I've figured this out but will post an answer here for any future onlookers.
It looks like plaintext data key is the AWS parlance for a key that can be used to encrypt/decrypt plaintext.
The K …