System Cryptography: Force strong key protection for user keys stored on the computer This security setting determines if ...

System Cryptography: Force strong key protection for user keys stored on the computer

This security setting determines if users' private keys require a password to be used.

The options are:

User input is not required when new keys are stored and used
User is prompted when the key is first used
User must enter a password each time they use a key
For more information, see Public key infrastructure.

Default: This policy is not defined.