How to answer 'Are cryptographic keys backed up securely for disaster recovery?' on a CAIQ
I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls
State that cloud KMS automatically manages key redundancy and high availability across multiple availability zones.
II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit
Compliant Response
Sealed · CEK-14
AWS KMS master keys are inherently replicated and backed up across multiple availability zones with 99.999999999% durability (SOC 2, CC6.1).
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