Remember CMK
Full name: Customer-Managed Key
Memory aid: Customer Manages the Key rather than only accepting provider defaults.
Supported rotation, availability, and service integration vary by platform.
Study area: Data & integration · Batch 9
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900 · CompTIA Cloud+ · Azure Administrator AZ-104 · ISC2 CCSP
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CMK — Customer-Managed Key
Gives a customer control over supported encryption-key lifecycle and access decisions.
Why learn CMK — Customer-Managed Key?
Gives a customer control over supported encryption-key lifecycle and access decisions.
Where it came from
Supported rotation, availability, and service integration vary by platform.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Customer Manages the Key rather than only accepting provider defaults.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand CMK: Customer-Managed Key.
- Recall this memory aid: Customer Manages the Key rather than only accepting provider defaults.
- Explain the practical use: Gives a customer control over supported encryption-key lifecycle and access decisions.
- Explain this distinction: Supported rotation, availability, and service integration vary by platform.
- Identify CMK in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Microsoft Azure Key Vault key management (learn.microsoft.com)