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Cryptographic Hardware Support

Because the policy store key is used directly or indirectly to encrypt all other keys, it is the Policy Server's most critical key and the most important key to protect. Cryptographic hardware is no longer supported. Without it, the policy store key is stored in the key stash file using a proprietary encryption technique.