# Protecting data using encryption
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Amazon Aurora encrypts database resources at the storage layer. You can also encrypt connections to DB clusters.

**Topics**
+ [Encrypting Amazon Aurora resources](Overview.Encryption.md)
+ [AWS KMS key management](Overview.Encryption.Keys.md)
+ [Using SSL/TLS to encrypt a connection to a DB cluster](UsingWithRDS.SSL.md)
+ [Rotating your SSL/TLS certificate](UsingWithRDS.SSL-certificate-rotation.md)