Infrastructure Security in Amazon Cloud Directory
As a managed service, Amazon Cloud Directory is protected by the AWS global network security
procedures that are described in the Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes
You use AWS published API calls to access Cloud Directory through the network. Clients must support Transport Layer Security (TLS). We recommend TLS 1.2 or later. Clients must also support cipher suites with perfect forward secrecy (PFS) such as Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman (DHE) or Elliptic Curve Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE). Most modern systems such as Java 7 and later support these modes.
If you require FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules when accessing AWS through
a command line interface or an API, use a FIPS endpoint. For more information about the
available FIPS endpoints, see Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2
Additionally, requests must be signed by using an access key ID and a secret access key that is associated with an IAM principal. Or you can use the AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) to generate temporary security credentials to sign requests.
