--- title: "Overview" slug: "fortanix-key-insight-overview" updated: 2026-04-06T06:11:11Z published: 2026-04-06T08:58:33Z canonical: "support.fortanix.com/fortanix-key-insight-overview" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.fortanix.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Overview ## 1.0 Introduction **Fortanix Key Insight**is a solution within the **Fortanix Armor** platform that provides visibility into encryption keys and cryptographic assets across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It discovers and maps****encryption keys to data services across cloud-native services, on-premises platforms, vendor applications, and external key source environments. Fortanix Key Insight provides centralized visibility into how encryption is implemented across the enterprise. By correlating keys with the services that depend on them, organizations gain a clear understanding of key usage, encryption coverage, and potential cryptographic risks. In addition to its global capabilities, Fortanix Key Insight is also available in regional deployments for the **European Union** and **North America**. These regional instances help organizations meet data sovereignty, regulatory, and compliance requirements by ensuring that key discovery, mapping, and security posture analysis take place within the appropriate geographic boundaries. [Embedded content](https://player.vimeo.com/video/982450048) ## 2.0 Why Use Fortanix Key Insight Fortanix Key Insight enables organizations to centrally discover, analyze, and manage cryptographic assets across multiple cloud platforms, on-premises systems, and third-party services, providing consistent visibility and control over encryption keys. Key benefits include: - **Key Discovery and Assessment:**Fortanix Key Insight provides a unified view of all keys and data services or resources, including their relationships with cloud, on-premises, external key source environments, and vendor applications. You get data-driven insights to quickly define the biggest data security risks and prioritize the remediation steps. Data security teams can easily identify key types and key utilization, assess service encryption status, and evaluate the organization's overall cryptographic security posture. - **Key-to-Service Mapping**: Fortanix Key Insight maps encryption keys to the services and resources that use them, enabling organizations to understand how cryptography protects their data and identify dependencies between keys and services. - **Cryptographic Security Posture Assessment**: Fortanix Key Insight continuously analyzes discovered keys and services to identify security risks such as weak algorithms, missing rotation policies, and unencrypted resources. - **Policy Compliance and Monitoring**: Fortanix Key Insight empowers you to govern comprehensive key management policies, including key strengths, algorithms, and rotation protocols. You can immediately identify policy misalignments and provide insights into their potential impact through vulnerability messages. This approach enables proactive risk mitigation and improves the overall security posture. - **Risk Insights and Prioritization:**Fortanix Key Insight provides actionable insights into the most critical cryptographic risks, enabling security teams to prioritize remediation efforts based on impact and exposure. - **Integrated Remediation and Inventory**: Unlike traditional cryptographic discovery tools that only provide visibility, Fortanix Key Insight uniquely combines cryptographic asset inventory with remediation capabilities. This allows organizations not only to identify cryptographic risks but also to take corrective actions from within the same platform. - **Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness**: Fortanix Key Insight helps organizations identify cryptographic assets that may be vulnerable to future quantum computing threats and supports planning for post-quantum cryptography adoption. ## 3.0 Getting Started *To begin exploring the various Fortanix Key Insight use cases and features, refer to the following:* - [*Architecture*](https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/39861819746580-Fortanix-Key-Insight-Architecture) - [*Concepts and Features*](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-concepts-and-features) - [*Getting Started with Cloud Connection*](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-getting-started-with-cloud-connection)** - [*Getting Started with On-premises Connection*](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-getting-started-with-on-premises-connection) - [*Getting Started with External Key Source Connection*](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-key-insight-getting-started-with-external-key-source-connection) - [*Getting Started with Vendor Application Connection*](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/getting-started-with-vendor-application-connection) Fortanix Key Insight identifies encryption keys and data services across on-premises and hybrid multicloud environments, providing a unified dashboard for tracking key mappings and cryptographic security. It offers security and compliance teams data-driven insights to assess risks, align with best practices, and meet industry regulations. Iy also supports continuous risk mitigation and crypto-agility, adapting to evolving security needs, including preparation for the post-quantum era. Fortanix Armor is a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that protects data and applications across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. It integrates Fortanix solutions into a single unified product, securing data throughout its lifecycle. Built on the **Confidential Computing** **Platform**, it ensures real-time encryption of data at rest, in transit, and during processing. Additionally, it includes platform services such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), Key Management Service (KMS), and Audit and Monitoring to simplify security management. ## Related - [All Connections Concepts](/fortanix-key-insight-concepts-for-all-connections.md) - [Getting Started with Cloud Connection](/fortanix-key-insight-getting-started-with-cloud-connection.md) - [Fortanix DSM with SAP](/fortanix-dsm-with-sap.md) - [Overview and Definitions](/fortanix-ccm-overview-and-definitions.md)