CAKM Licensing Model
CipherTrust Application Key Management (CAKM) is part of the CipherTrust Flex Connector - Basic license. It can be used with CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition. CAKM for Oracle TDE provides key management and data encryption capabilities, in conjunction with the CipherTrust Manager, to Oracle TDE.
CAKM is licensed per database instance on each server node.
CAKM for Oracle TDE: per Oracle database instance on each Oracle server node.
CAKM for Microsoft SQL Server EKM: per SQL server instance on each SQL server node
CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition
Licenses with CipherTrust Manager Enterprise Edition are limited to the number of licenses purchased.
Activating CAKM Licenses
After you have purchased CipherTrust Flex Connector - Basic license entitlement, it must be converted to a CAKM-specific license file for use with CipherTrust Manager. To do this, take your entitlement and Entitlement Identification (EID) to the Sentinel EMS License Portal and select CAKM under Variant. Details about your EID and the available licenses are available on the License Portal.
After the CAKM license is activated, its state becomes Active under the Features tab of the Licensing page of the CipherTrust Manager GUI. The license is displayed with the feature named CAKM.