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Security
Preconfigured Security Features
TLS
MongoDB Atlas for Government and databases hosted in AtlasGov use TLS 1.2 to encrypt connections. This cannot be disabled.
Required Security Features
You must configure the following secruity features:
Optional Security Features
A subset of commercial Atlas optional security features are available in AtlasGov with some limitations.
Encryption at Rest
You must use KMS keys in AWS GovCloud regions to encrypt data in AWS GovCloud region-only projects. You must use KMS keys in AWS Standard regions to encrypt data in AWS Standard region-only projects.
AWS is the only supported cloud provider for AtlasGov.
See the Atlas documentation to configure Customer Key Management with AWS KMS.
VPC Peering
You can only peer AWS GovCloud regions with MongoDB clusters in AWS GovCloud regions. You can only peer AWS Standard regions with MongoDB clusters in AWS Standard regions.
AWS is the only supported cloud provider for AtlasGov.
See the Atlas documentation to Set up a Network Peering Connection
Private Endpoints
You can only link AWS GovCloud regions with MongoDB clusters in AWS GovCloud regions. You can only link AWS Standard regions with MongoDB clusters in AWS Standard regions.
AWS is the only supported cloud provider for AtlasGov.
See the Atlas documentation to Set up a Private Endpoint.