KMS customer-managed key does not have automatic rotation enabled

Severity: Medium
Service: KMS
Check ID: KMS_KEY_ROTATION_DISABLED

What this check finds

Automatic annual key rotation limits the blast radius of a key compromise. Without rotation, a compromised key material can decrypt all data encrypted with it indefinitely. Rotation applies to customer-managed keys only; AWS-managed keys rotate automatically.

Passing looks like: KMS key automatic rotation enabled.

How to fix it

Enable automatic key rotation.

AWS CLI

aws kms enable-key-rotation --key-id KEY_ID

Names in capitals are placeholders for your own resource. Review a command before you run it.

AWS console

KMS → Customer managed keys → select key → Key rotation → Enable automatic key rotation.

Compliance controls it is evidence for

A failing result counts against these controls in KloudLytics; a passing one is evidence towards them. How compliance mapping works

Compliance controls mapped to KMS customer-managed key does not have automatic rotation enabled
Framework	Controls
CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v5.0.0	3.6 Ensure rotation for customer-created symmetric CMKs is enabled
PCI-DSS v4.0.1	3.7 Key management processes and procedures for cryptographic keys are defined and implemented
HIPAA Security Rule	164.312(a)(2)(iv) Encryption and Decryption of ePHI at Rest
SOC 2 — Trust Services Criteria	CC6.7 Encryption and Secret Management C1.1 Encryption of Confidential Data
NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate)	SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0	PR.DS-01 Data-at-rest is protected
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A	A.8.24 Use of cryptography

Checked on every scan

KloudLytics runs this check each time it scans a connected AWS account, through a read-only role, and lists every affected resource with its region. On Pro and Business a fix is written for the specific resource rather than the general case above. The exact access it needs

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