On May 21st, Amazon Web Services (AWS) added encryption at rest for Elastic Block Store (EBS) data volumes and related snapshots. Users of AWS can now encrypt data stored on an EBS volume at rest by setting a single option. Blog Article: http://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/protect-your-data-with-new-ebs-encryption/ User Guide: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html Some History of EBS Encryption Solutions Previously, to encrypt data-at-rest on EBS, companies…