compliance.tf

Cognitive Services accounts should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data

Customer-managed keys enable the data stored in Cognitive Services to be encrypted with an Azure Key Vault key created and owned by you. You have full control and responsibility for the key lifecycle, including rotation and management.

What this control checks

Cognitive Services accounts should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data

Framework mappings

The clauses this control is mapped to in each framework.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5

  • Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management (SC-12)

FedRAMP Moderate Baseline Rev 4

  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2

  • 3.13.10 Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems

CIS Azure Benchmark v4.0.0

  • 2.1.1.2.1 Ensure Critical Data is Encrypted with Customer Managed Keys (CMK)

CMMC 2.0 Level 2

  • SC.L2-3.13.10 Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems

FedRAMP High

  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management

Tool mappings

Use these identifiers to cross-reference this control across tools, reports, and evidence.

  • Compliance.tf Control: cognitive_account_encrypted_with_cmk
  • Checkov Check: CKV2_AZURE_22
  • Powerpipe Control: azure_compliance.control.cognitive_account_encrypted_with_cmk
  • Prowler Check: aiservices_account_encrypted_with_cmk
  • Azure Policy Definition: 67121cc7-ff39-4ab8-b7e3-95b84dab487d

Last reviewed: 2026-10-11

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