--- title: Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption... description: Capella introduces Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) to provide data protection and security for businesses handling sensitive data. This post explains... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys in Capella | daily.dev og:description: Capella introduces Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) to provide data protection and security for businesses handling sensitive data. This post explains... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LaFYYDHly.png og:image:alt: Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys in Capella og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys in Capella **[Couchbase](https://daily.dev/sources/couchbase)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Capella introduces Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) to provide data protection and security for businesses handling sensitive data. This post explains what CMEK is, who should use it, and how to get started with CMEK in Capella. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#couchbase-capella](https://daily.dev/tags/couchbase-capella) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys in Capella","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly"},"datePublished":"2024-03-07T16:26:28.819Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z","description":"Capella introduces Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) to provide data protection and security for businesses handling sensitive data. This post explains...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e12fe17f6220b6d47825e938266c2a2b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e12fe17f6220b6d47825e938266c2a2b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Couchbase","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Couchbase","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/7bfc4b06cf4f46748cab77d81aa782b6","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/couchbase"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-data-security-customer-managed-encryption-keys-in-capella-lafyydhly","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,cloud,aws,couchbase-capella","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Couchbase","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/couchbase"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Unlocking Data Security: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys in Capella"}]} ```