Server-side encryption shifts encryption-at-rest responsibilities to the object storage service, protecting persisted data without requiring client application changes. section 5.2.2
Its architectural role includes:
- Using platform-managed encryption by default, with customer-managed keys or hardware security modules available on supported services. section 5.4.4
- Supporting compliance through integration with IAM, access logging, audit services, and policy management. section 5.2.2 section 5.5.2
- Requiring organizations to balance operational simplicity, key-control requirements, data residency, and existing identity infrastructure. section 5.5.2
Regulated cloud lakehouse
A financial institution can use Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage with customer-managed keys, object-level access logging, and CloudTrail or GCP Audit Logs to support auditable Iceberg data access. section 5.5.2
