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Amazon Web Services External Key Store (XKS)

Obtain digital sovereignty and meet compliance requirements.

  • Using CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager (CCKM)
  • Hold keys outside of AWS to align with the shared responsibility model
  • With CCKM’s single pane of glass, manage AWS Native, AWS CloudHSM, BYOK, and HYOK keys
  • Choose between industry-leading CipherTrust Manager or Luna Network HSM as a key source
CipherTrust Manager Key Management
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Integrate CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager with AWS XKS

Integrate CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager with AWS XKS

AWS External Key Store (XKS) is a new capability in AWS Key Management Service (KMS) that allows customers to protect their data in AWS using encryption keys held inside CipherTrust Manager or Luna Network HSMs external to AWS.

Benefits:

  • Move critical workloads to the cloud
  • Maintain sovereign control of sensitive data
  • Gain strong key control and security
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CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager (CCKM), which is a licensed component of the CipherTrust Manager, delivers key generation, separation of duties, reporting, and key lifecycle management to help fulfill internal and industry data protection mandates. FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certification available.​​

Enabling Organizations To:

  • Maximize choice from a single console, manage Native, BYOK, HYOK keys across clouds
  • Demonstrate compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR, Shrems II, PCI-DSS, CCPA
  • Improve operational sovereignty to protect against internal and external bad actors
  • Reduce threat surface by centralizing control of keys outside of cloud providers
  • Increase efficiency and reduce costs by simplifying key management
  • Faster time to value by speeding up migration to the cloud
CipherTrust Manager Key Management
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Varying data protection regulations across countries have presented a challenge for global organisations migrating to the cloud. The CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager simplifies this challenge and ensures we remain compliant while taking advantage of all the benefits of leveraging cloud services. The ability to lean on Thales’ solution has become especially important, as we, and other organisations, increasingly rely on multi-cloud environments.”

Heleen Herselman

VP AWS Powerhouse at T-Systems Cloud Service

CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Solutions for Amazon Web Services

Cloud Key Management solutions for AWS can accelerate the ability of organizations to safely migrate sensitive data between AWS and on-premises infrastructures.

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CipherTrust Cloud Key Management

CipherTrust Cloud Key Management (CCKM) reduces key management complexity and operational costs by giving customers lifecycle control of cloud encryption keys with centralized management and visibility. 

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