BYOK

English

Noun

BYOK (uncountable)

1. (cloud computing) Initialism of bring your own key; a system which allows a customer to encrypt their data using an encryption key on a cloud provider's hardware.

   Synonym: BYOE

   • 2023 August 23, Min-Hank Ho, “Take control over data in a SaaS environment with BYOK”, in Security Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-02-23:

     While many SaaS providers have already recognized the value of offering BYOK capabilities, some still believe their existing data security controls are sufficient without giving their enterprise customers control of their own encryption keys.

Further reading

• BYOK on Wikipedia.Wikipedia