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Medium MSK · regional

MSK clusters should be encrypted in transit among broker nodes

Confirms that Amazon MSK clusters encrypt data in transit between broker nodes using TLS, with no plain-text connections permitted.

service
MSK
severity
Medium
scope
evaluated in every region

How to fix it

Enable TLS encryption for in-cluster broker node communication.

  1. Navigate to the Amazon MSK console
  2. Select the MSK cluster
  3. Enable 'Encryption in transit' with 'In-cluster encryption' on
  4. Verify encryption is enabled

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