In order to encrypt data in transit for a connection to an AWS RDS instance, which of the following would you implement

In order to encrypt data in transit for a connection to an AWS RDS instance, which of the following would you implement
A . Transparent data encryption
B . SSL from your application
C . Data keys from AWS KMS
D . Data Keys from CloudHSM

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Answer: B

Explanation:

This is mentioned in the AWS Documentation

You can use SSL from your application to encrypt a connection to a DB instance running MySQL MariaDB, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.

Option A is incorrect since Transparent data encryption is used for data at rest and not in transit

Options C and D are incorrect since keys can be used for encryption of data at rest

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