#### Encryption at Rest
* [alpha] Encrypt secrets stored in etcd. For more information, see [Securing a Cluster](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/securing-a-cluster/) and [Encrypting data at rest](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data/).

#### Node Authorization

- Decoupled `TaintManager` from `NodeLifeCycleController` (KEP-3902). ([#119208](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119208), [@atosatto](https://github.com/atosatto))
- Enabled traces for KMSv2 encrypt/decrypt operations. ([#121095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121095), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase))

- Encryption of API Server at rest configuration now allows the use of wildcards in the list of resources.  For example, *.* can be used to encrypt all resources, including all current and future custom resources. ([#115149](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115149), [@nilekhc](https://github.com/nilekhc))

### SIG AWS

In v1.13 we worked on tighter integrations of Kubernetes API objects with AWS services. These include three out-of-tree alpha feature releases:

###  Introduced KMS v2

*   KMS: Alpha integration with GCP KMS was removed in favor of a future out-of-process extension point. Discontinue use of the GCP KMS integration and ensure [data has been decrypted](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data/#decrypting-all-data) (or reencrypted with a different provider) before upgrading ([#54759](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54759),[ @sakshamsharma](https://github.com/sakshamsharma))

### **CLI**

- github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go: [v1.35.24](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/tree/v1.35.24)
- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/cespare/xxhash: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/tree/v1.1.0)
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5: [v5.3.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/tree/v5.3.0)

- github.com/armon/go-radix: [7fddfc3](https://github.com/armon/go-radix/tree/7fddfc3)
- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4: [v4.1.3](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4/tree/v4.1.3)
- github.com/cespare/xxhash: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/tree/v1.1.0)

- github.com/armon/go-metrics: [f0300d1](https://github.com/armon/go-metrics/tree/f0300d1)
- github.com/armon/go-radix: [7fddfc3](https://github.com/armon/go-radix/tree/7fddfc3)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go: [v3.2.2+incompatible](https://github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go/tree/v3.2.2)

- github.com/benbjohnson/clock: [v1.0.3 → v1.1.0](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/compare/v1.0.3...v1.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc → v0.0.4](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/compare/5cbc8cc...v0.0.4)
- github.com/containerd/cgroups: [0dbf7f0 → v1.0.1](https://github.com/containerd/cgroups/compare/0dbf7f0...v1.0.1)