cis-gcp-foundations-7.3
DevOps & SecurityEnsure That a Default Customer-Managed Encryption Key (CMEK) Is Specified for All BigQuery Data Sets
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7.3 Ensure That a Default Customer-Managed Encryption Key (CMEK) Is Specified for All BigQuery Data Sets (Automated)
Profile Applicability
- Level 2
Description
BigQuery by default encrypts the data as rest by employing Envelope Encryption using Google managed cryptographic keys. The data is encrypted using the data encryption keys and data encryption keys themselves are further encrypted using key encryption keys. This is seamless and do not require any additional input from the user. However, if you want to have greater control, Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) can be used as encryption key management solution for BigQuery Data Sets.
Rationale
BigQuery by default encrypts the data as rest by employing Envelope Encryption using Google managed cryptographic keys. This is seamless and does not require any additional input from the user.
For greater control over the encryption, customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) can be used as encryption key management solution for BigQuery Data Sets. Setting a Default Customer-managed encryption key (CMEK) for a data set ensure any tables created in future will use the specified CMEK if none other is provided.
Note: Google does not store your keys on its servers and cannot access your protected data unless you provide the key. This also means that if you forget or lose your key, there is no way for Google to recover the key or to recover any data encrypted with the lost key.
Impact
Using Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) will incur additional labor-hour investment to create, protect, and manage the keys.
Audit
From Google Cloud Console
- Go to
Analytics - Go to
BigQuery - Under
Analysisclick onSQL Workspaces, select the project - Select Data Set
- Ensure
Customer-managed keyis present underDataset infosection. - Repeat for each data set in all projects.
From Google Cloud CLI
List all dataset names
bq ls
Use the following command to view each dataset details.
bq show <data_set_object>
Verify the kmsKeyName is present.
Remediation
From Google Cloud CLI
The default CMEK for existing data sets can be updated by specifying the default key in the EncryptionConfiguration.kmsKeyName field when calling the datasets.insert or datasets.patch methods.
Default Value
Google Managed keys are used as key encryption keys.
References
CIS Controls
| Controls Version | Control | IG 1 | IG 2 | IG 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v8 | 3.11 Encrypt Sensitive Data at Rest | X | X | |
| v7 | 14.8 Encrypt Sensitive Information at Rest | X |