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# Alibaba Cloud MongoDB does not have transparent data encryption enabled misconfiguration detected in

## Rule Details

|                        |                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_ALI\_44      |
| Category - Subcategory | Storage - Encryption |
| Provider               | ALIBABA\_CLOUD       |
| Severity               | LOW                  |
| Framework              | Terraform            |

## Impact

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for your Alibaba Cloud MongoDB instance helps safeguard your data from unauthorized access or tampering. TDE encrypts data as it is written to disk and transparently decrypts it when accessed. By enabling TDE, you ensure that only authorized users with the correct keys can access and decrypt the data, providing robust protection for data at rest.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* alicloud\_mongodb\_instance

* *Arguments:* tde\_status

To mitigate this issue, ensure the `tde_status` attribute in the `alicloud_mongodb_instance` resource is set to `enabled`.

## Example: \[source,go]

resource "alicloud\_mongodb\_instance" "example" { ...

* tde\_status = "enabled" }

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