diff --git a/src/main/java/com/siemens/pki/cmpracomponent/cryptoservices/CmsEncryptorBase.java b/src/main/java/com/siemens/pki/cmpracomponent/cryptoservices/CmsEncryptorBase.java
index 7104090c..d82ae951 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/siemens/pki/cmpracomponent/cryptoservices/CmsEncryptorBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/siemens/pki/cmpracomponent/cryptoservices/CmsEncryptorBase.java
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
  */
 package com.siemens.pki.cmpracomponent.cryptoservices;
 
-import com.siemens.pki.cmpracomponent.configuration.CkgContext;
-import com.siemens.pki.cmpracomponent.util.ConfigLogger;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+
+import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.cms.EnvelopedData;
-import org.bouncycastle.asn1.cms.SignedData;
-import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSAlgorithm;
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSEnvelopedData;
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSEnvelopedDataGenerator;
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.CMSException;
@@ -31,6 +29,9 @@
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.RecipientInfoGenerator;
 import org.bouncycastle.cms.jcajce.JceCMSContentEncryptorBuilder;
 
+import com.siemens.pki.cmpracomponent.configuration.CkgContext;
+import com.siemens.pki.cmpracomponent.util.ConfigLogger;
+
 /**
  * base class for CMS data encryption
  */
@@ -73,17 +74,14 @@ public EnvelopedData encrypt(final byte[] msg) throws CMSException, NoSuchAlgori
     /**
      * encrypt the data
      *
-     * @param data signed data to encrypt
+     * @param asn1Object ASN.1 object to encrypt
      * @return encrypted data
      * @throws CMSException in case of an CMS processing error
      * @throws IOException  in case of ASN.1 encoding error
+     * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException if getContentEncryptionAlg in config is
+     *                                  unknown
      */
-    public EnvelopedData encrypt(final SignedData data) throws CMSException, IOException {
-        final CMSEnvelopedData cmsEnvData = envGen.generate(
-                new CMSProcessableByteArray(data.getEncoded()),
-                new JceCMSContentEncryptorBuilder(CMSAlgorithm.AES256_CBC)
-                        .setProvider(CertUtility.getBouncyCastleProvider())
-                        .build());
-        return EnvelopedData.getInstance(cmsEnvData.toASN1Structure().getContent());
+    public EnvelopedData encrypt(final ASN1Object asn1Object) throws CMSException, IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+    	return encrypt(asn1Object.getEncoded());
     }
 }