CAIQ v4 Control CEK-09 Extractive Review Standard

How to answer 'Are encryption keys separated from the data they encrypt?' on a CAIQ

Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls

Explain envelope encryption where data keys are encrypted with customer master keys in KMS.

Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit

Compliant Response Template
Yes. We use envelope encryption: data keys are encrypted using master keys managed separately in AWS KMS (SOC 2, CC6.1).

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