Exam Guide: Developer - Associate
Encryption shows up everywhere, especially on this exam. S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda environment variables, RDS, and more. You need to know the difference between client-side and server-side encryption, how KMS works, and when to use each approach.
Encryption at Rest vs Encryption In Transit
Encryption At Rest
Data stored on disk: S3 Objects, DynamoDB tables, EBS volumes, RDS databases.








