If someone is yanking and reading disks at AWS then the game was over a long time ago. Physical access always wins.
IMO, if you're on AWS (or similar) then at rest encryption is a wholly unnecessary expense, unless you need to tick some kind of regulatory checkbox. I can see it for smaller on premise racks to prevent a "smash and grab" problem, but in a secure datacenter? Nah...
IMO, if you're on AWS (or similar) then at rest encryption is a wholly unnecessary expense, unless you need to tick some kind of regulatory checkbox. I can see it for smaller on premise racks to prevent a "smash and grab" problem, but in a secure datacenter? Nah...