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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) doesn't directly encrypt data; it's a security service managing user access to other AWS services. To encrypt data, you'd use other AWS services like KMS (Key Management Service) or S3 (Simple Storage Service) with server-side encryption. IAM's role is to control *who* can access and manage those encryption keys and the encrypted data, ensuring only authorized individuals or services can perform these actions, thereby maintaining strong data security.