Caching KMS data keys in multi-thread environments: Per-tenant encryption for event-driven systems at scale

This post assumes familiarity with envelope encryption and the AWS Encryption SDK . When your encryption system generates millions of duplicate API calls per hour, costs spiral and performance degrades. That’s exactly the challenge NICE Actimize faced while operating their global-scale, event-driven financial crime detection platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS) . NICE Actimize, a leading provider of financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions, processes millions of…