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# Redshift clusters should be encrypted with a customer-managed KMS key
 
## Description{% #description %}

Redshift clusters should be encrypted using a customer-managed KMS key rather than the default AWS-managed key. Customer-managed keys provide full control over key rotation policies, access permissions via KMS key policies, and the ability to revoke or disable the key.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

Modify the cluster to use a customer-managed KMS key for encryption. For guidance, refer to [Amazon Redshift database encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/working-with-db-encryption.html).