en.Wedoany.com Report on Mar 21st, As artificial intelligence technology integrates into core business operations, handling sensitive data such as customer information, medical images, and financial transactions requires stricter security measures than standard static encryption. Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 require organizations not only to protect data but also to demonstrate independent control over encryption keys. This is particularly critical in vector database applications, as their data often originates from highly sensitive assets.
Charles Xie, Founder and CEO of Zilliz, stated: "Teams in regulated industries not only need data encryption but also require assurance that external parties, including database vendors, cannot access the data. Customer-managed encryption keys provide enterprises with the strongest form of data sovereignty within managed services, clearing obstacles for the large-scale application of AI in healthcare, finance, and government sectors."
Zilliz Cloud's customer-managed encryption keys separate key ownership from data processing, ensuring that Zilliz cannot access customer encryption keys. Key benefits of this feature include: clear separation of duties, with customers retaining exclusive control over keys; immediate revocability, where data becomes inaccessible instantly upon key deactivation; and unified audit trails, with key access events logged in AWS CloudTrail for easy enterprise monitoring.
Through the Zilliz Cloud console, the setup process takes just minutes, supporting automatic IAM policies and zero-downtime key rotation. Customer-managed encryption keys are now fully available, initially supporting the AWS platform for dedicated clusters in business-critical plans. Enterprises can access the console or contact the Zilliz team to get started.
Zilliz is the creator of the open-source vector database Milvus. Its cloud platform, Zilliz Cloud, provides a fully managed service designed for scalable, low-latency vector search and hybrid retrieval. It supports billion-scale workloads with latencies under 10 milliseconds and is optimized for generative AI use cases like semantic search and RAG. Over 10,000 organizations worldwide rely on Zilliz to build intelligent applications. The company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, USA.
