Securing Your AWS Site-to-Site VPN with AWS Secrets Manager: Best Practices
Introduction In today’s hybrid cloud environment, businesses rely on AWS Site-to-Site VPN to securely connect their on-premises networks with their VPCs. A crucial component of this connection is the pre-shared key (PSK), which authenticates the VPN tunnel. However, managing PSKs securely can be challenging. This blog post explores how AWS Secrets Manager can automate and enhance the security of PSK management, ensuring robust protection for your VPN connections. The Importance of PSKs PSKs are the shared secrets used by your on-premises router and AWS VPN concentrator to establish a secure VPN tunnel. If compromised, they can expose your network to unauthorized access. Traditional manual management of PSKs is error-prone and increases the risk of security breaches. ...