+This article shows you how to use [Azure Cognitive Search](search-what-is-azure-search.md) to index documents that have been previously encrypted within [Azure Blob Storage](../storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md) using [Azure Key Vault](../key-vault/general/overview.md). Normally, an indexer cannot extract content from encrypted files because it doesn't have access to the encryption key. However, by leveraging the [DecryptBlobFile](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-power-skills/blob/main/Utils/DecryptBlobFile) custom skill, followed by the [DocumentExtractionSkill](cognitive-search-skill-document-extraction.md), you can provide controlled access to the key to decrypt the files and then have content extracted from them. This unlocks the ability to index these documents without compromising the encryption status of your stored documents.
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