diff --git a/checks/check_extra734 b/checks/check_extra734
index ed1886dd..dae7869a 100644
--- a/checks/check_extra734
+++ b/checks/check_extra734
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 CHECK_ID_extra734="7.34"
-CHECK_TITLE_extra734="[extra734] Check if S3 buckets have default encryption (SSE) enabled and policy to enforce it (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+CHECK_TITLE_extra734="[extra734] Check if S3 buckets have default encryption (SSE) enabled or use a bucket policy to enforce it (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
 CHECK_SCORED_extra734="NOT_SCORED"
 CHECK_TYPE_extra734="EXTRA"
 CHECK_ALTERNATE_check734="extra734"
@@ -20,29 +20,35 @@ extra734(){
   LIST_OF_BUCKETS=$($AWSCLI s3api list-buckets $PROFILE_OPT --query Buckets[*].Name --output text|xargs -n1)
   if [[ $LIST_OF_BUCKETS ]]; then
     for bucket in $LIST_OF_BUCKETS;do
-     # query to get if has encryption enabled or not
-     RESULT=$(echo $bucket $($AWSCLI s3api get-bucket-encryption $PROFILE_OPT --bucket $bucket --query ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration.Rules[].ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault[].SSEAlgorithm --output text 2>&1 | grep -v ServerSideEncryptionConfigurationNotFoundError))
-     TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE=$(mktemp -t prowler-${ACCOUNT_NUM}-${bucket}.policy.XXXXXXXXXX)
-     # get bucket policy
-     $AWSCLI s3api get-bucket-policy $PROFILE_OPT --bucket $bucket --output text --query Policy > $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE 2> /dev/null
-     # check if the S3 policy forces SSE s3:x-amz-server-side-encryption:true
-     CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY=$(cat $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE | sed -e 's/[{}]/''/g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}'| awk '/Condition/ && !skip { print } { skip = /x-amz-server-side-encryption/} '|grep \"true\")
-     echo "$RESULT" | while read RBUCKET SSEALG; do
+      # query to get if has encryption enabled or not
+      RESULT=$(echo $bucket $($AWSCLI s3api get-bucket-encryption $PROFILE_OPT --bucket $bucket --query ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration.Rules[].ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault[].SSEAlgorithm --output text 2>&1 | grep -v ServerSideEncryptionConfigurationNotFoundError))
+      TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE=$(mktemp -t prowler-${ACCOUNT_NUM}-${bucket}.policy.XXXXXXXXXX)
+      # get bucket policy
+      $AWSCLI s3api get-bucket-policy $PROFILE_OPT --bucket $bucket --output text --query Policy > $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE 2> /dev/null
+      # check if the S3 policy forces SSE s3:x-amz-server-side-encryption:true
+      CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY_PRESENT=$(cat $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE | sed -e 's/[{}]/''/g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}'| awk '/Condition/ && !skip { print } { skip = /x-amz-server-side-encryption/} '|grep \"true\")
+      CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY_VALUE=$(cat $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE | sed -e 's/[{}]/''/g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}'| awk '/Condition/ && !skip { print } { skip = /x-amz-server-side-encryption/} '|grep -Eo "AES256|aws:kms")
+      ENCRYPTION=false
+
+      echo "$RESULT" | while read RBUCKET SSEALG; do
         if [[ $SSEALG ]]; then
-          if [[ $CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY ]]; then
-            textPass "Bucket $RBUCKET has SSE enabled with algorithm $SSEALG and S3 policy to enforce it"
-          else
-            # I'll leave it as Pass but to prevent uploads of unencrypted
-            # objects to Amazon S3 a policy to enforce it is required
-            textPass "Bucket $RBUCKET has SSE enabled with algorithm $SSEALG but no S3 enforcing policy found!"
-          fi
-        else
-          textFail "Bucket $RBUCKET has Server Side Encryption disabled!"
+          textPass "Bucket $RBUCKET has default encryption enabled with algorithm $SSEALG"
+          ENCRYPTION=true
         fi
-     done
-     rm -fr $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE
-   done
+      done
+      if [[ $CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY_PRESENT && $CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY_VALUE ]]; then
+        textPass "Bucket $bucket has S3 bucket policy to enforce encryption with $CHECK_BUCKET_SSE_POLICY_VALUE"
+        ENCRYPTION=true
+      fi
+      
+      if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == false ]; then
+        textFail "Bucket $bucket does not enforce encryption!"
+      fi
+
+    done
+    rm -fr $TEMP_SSE_POLICY_FILE
   else
     textInfo "No S3 Buckets found"
   fi
 }
+