MS SQL Server Audit Event: 24106

SQL » 24106: Issued a back up database symmetric key command

24106: Issued a back up database symmetric key command

A symmetric key uses the same password to both encrypt and decrypt data. Event 24106 occurs when a command to back up the symmetric key of a database in an SQL server has been issued. It is generated by the DATABASE_OBJECT_CHANGE_GROUP action group. Important information can be derived from this event including the:

  • Date and time at which the event occurred.
  • Session identifier of the event.
  • Privileged user who performed the action.
  • Name of the server in which the database, whose symmetric key is to be backed up, is present.
  • Database associated with the event.
  • ID and name of the target object (in this case, the symmetric key).

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