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Application security - Hybrid Networking Lens - AWS Well-Architected Framework

Application security

Application security describes the overall process of how you design, build, and test the security properties of the workloads you develop. You should have appropriately trained people in your organization, understand the security properties of your build and release infrastructure, and use automation to identify security issues.

HNSEC07: How do you provide encryption in transit?

Ensuring proper encryption in transit is critical for protecting data as it moves between cloud and on-premises infrastructure. To achieve this, implement TLS 1.2 or later encryption for application-level traffic, maintain proper certificate management with automated rotation before expiration.