{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rc/security/encryption-at-rest",
  "title": "Encryption at rest",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/security/encryption-at-rest/",
  "summary": "Describes when data is encrypted at rest.",
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  "last_updated": "2026-09-25T14:59:57+01:00",
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    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Redis Cloud databases write their data to disk whenever [persistence](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/databases/configuration/data-persistence) is enabled. \n\nRedis Cloud deployments are always encrypted at rest."
    },
    {
      "id": "aws",
      "title": "Encryption at rest on AWS",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "Persistent data is written to encrypted EBS volumes. For more information, see [Amazon EBS encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html). \n\nWhen Auto Tiering is enabled, the flash memory data is written to encrypted NVMe SSD volumes. For more information, see [SSD instance store volumes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ssd-instance-store.html)."
    },
    {
      "id": "gcp",
      "title": "Disk encryption on Google Cloud",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "All data written to disk on Google Cloud-based Redis Cloud deployments is encrypted by default. When deploying\na Redis Cloud database on Google Cloud, you don't need to take any actions to enable this encryption.\n\nTo learn more, see the [Google Cloud Default encryption at rest](https://cloud.google.com/security/encryption-at-rest)."
    },
    {
      "id": "azure",
      "title": "Disk encryption on Azure",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "All data written to disk on Azure-based Redis Cloud deployments is encrypted by default. When deploying\na Redis Cloud database on Azure, you don't need to take any actions to enable this encryption.\n\nTo learn more, see the [Azure Data Encryption at rest](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/encryption-atrest)."
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