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title: "Ensure RDS global clusters are encrypted"
canonical: "https://kb.cynergy.app/space/MD/991855257/Ensure%20RDS%20global%20clusters%20are%20encrypted"
format: markdown
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Cynergy Policy ID: CYN_AWS_GENERAL_54  
Severity: LOW

# Unencrypted RDS global clusters

# Description

Encrypting your RDS global clusters helps protect your data from unauthorized access or tampering. That way, you can ensure that only authorized users can access and modify the contents of your repositories. Such action can help protect against external threats such as hackers or malware, as well as internal threats such as accidental or unauthorized access.

# Fix - Build time

## Terraform

- **Resource:** aws_rds_global_cluster
- **Argument:** storage_encrypted

Go

```go
resource "aws_rds_global_cluster" "example" {
  ...
+ storage_encrypted         = true
}

```