Answer to Question #278960 in English for 3rrre

Question

(a) Why do cryptologists recommend changing the encryption key from time to time? Is it the same reason security experts recommend changing a password from time to time? How can one determine how frequent to change keys or passwords? 

Answer 1

Periodically changing the Reporting Services encryption key is a security best practice. A recommended time to change the key is immediately following a major version upgrade of Reporting Services.