symmetric-keys-on-system-databases.md

title	Symmetric Keys on System Databases | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	03/01/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	database-engine
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ms.technology	security
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	Best Practices [Database Engine]
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Symmetric Keys on System Databases

[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md] This rule checks for user-created symmetric keys in the master, msdb, model, and tempdb databases.

Best Practices Recommendations

Do not create symmetric keys in the system databases.

For More Information

Choose an Encryption Algorithm

See Also

Monitor and Enforce Best Practices by Using Policy-Based Management