• Given that you are shipping across the internet I would encrypt my backup too. that you cannot do with SQL Server built-in stuff. Either get third party tool (which may not be functional on AWS instance) or use 7zip et al to handle compression/encryption and build a simple process to handle decryption/compression in cloud (should be doable, but not haven't tried it).

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    Kevin G. Boles
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