Tag: Service Master Key

• How to Back Up the Service Master Key

  

  2014-06-06 - Backup, Cryptography, General, Security

  In SQL Server the Service Master Key is probably the most important encryption entity. Because of that, it needs to be protected and backed up. Read on to discover how to take a backup of this key encryption key.

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• How to Create a Database Master Key

  

  2014-04-27 - Cryptography, Encryption Hierarchy, General, Security, Series

  Discover how to create and protect the Database Master Key that builds the base of a database encryption hierarchy and in turn can protect certificates and asymmetric keys in its database.

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• How to Create a Service Master Key in SQL Server

  

  2014-04-25 - Cryptography, Encryption Hierarchy, General, Security, Series

  Discover how the service master key is created, what it protects and how it is protected itself, and learn about the two important security implications that arise from the protection mechanism used.

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