Data factories should use customer-managed keys for encryption
Use customer-managed keys to manage the encryption at rest of your Azure Data Factory. By default, customer data is encrypted with service-managed keys. Customer-managed keys enable the data to be encrypted with an Azure Key Vault key created and owned by you.
By default, customer data is encrypted with service-managed keys, but customer-managed keys are commonly required to meet regulatory compliance standards. You have full control and responsibility for the key lifecycle, including rotation and management.
What this control checks
Checks the encryption setting on each data factory
Common pitfalls
Default uses service-managed keys
By default, customer data is encrypted with service-managed keys.
Audit evidence
Evidence that deployed resources meet this control: Azure Policy compliance results for the built-in policy definition "Azure data factories should be encrypted with a customer-managed key" (4ec52d6d-beb7-40c4-9a9e-fe753254690e); PowerPipe control azure_compliance.control.data_factory_encrypted_with_cmk.
Framework-specific interpretation
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5: Mapped to SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management).
FedRAMP Moderate Baseline Rev 4: Mapped to SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management).
Framework mappings
The clauses this control is mapped to in each framework.
- Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management (SC-12)
FedRAMP Moderate Baseline Rev 4
- SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment And Management
- 3.13.10 Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems
- SC.L2-3.13.10 Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems
Related controls
Tool mappings
Use these identifiers to cross-reference this control across tools, reports, and evidence.
- Compliance.tf Control:
data_factory_encrypted_with_cmk - Powerpipe Control:
azure_compliance.control.data_factory_encrypted_with_cmk - Azure Policy Definition:
4ec52d6d-beb7-40c4-9a9e-fe753254690e
Last reviewed: 2026-10-11