/// <summary>
        /// This function uses the asymmetric key specified by the key path
        /// and encrypts CEK with RSA encryption algorithm.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="keyPath">Complete path of an asymmetric key in AKV</param>
        /// <param name="encryptionAlgorithm">Asymmetric Key Encryption Algorithm</param>
        /// <param name="columnEncryptionKey">Plain text column encryption key</param>
        /// <returns>Encrypted column encryption key</returns>
        public override byte[] EncryptColumnEncryptionKey(string masterKeyPath, string encryptionAlgorithm, byte[] columnEncryptionKey)
        {
            // Validate the input parameters
            ValidateNonEmptyKeyPath(masterKeyPath, isSystemOp: false);

            if (null == columnEncryptionKey)
            {
                throw SQL.NullColumnEncryptionKey();
            }
            else if (0 == columnEncryptionKey.Length)
            {
                throw SQL.EmptyColumnEncryptionKey();
            }

            // Validate encryptionAlgorithm
            ValidateEncryptionAlgorithm(encryptionAlgorithm, isSystemOp: false);

            // CreateCNGProviderWithKey
            RSACng rsaCngProvider = CreateRSACngProvider(masterKeyPath, isSystemOp: false);

            // Validate whether the key is RSA one or not and then get the key size
            int keySizeInBytes = GetKeySize(rsaCngProvider);

            // Construct the encryptedColumnEncryptionKey
            // Format is 
            //          version + keyPathLength + ciphertextLength + ciphertext + keyPath + signature
            //
            // We currently only support one version
            byte[] version = new byte[] { _version[0] };

            // Get the Unicode encoded bytes of cultureinvariant lower case masterKeyPath
            byte[] masterKeyPathBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(masterKeyPath.ToLowerInvariant());
            byte[] keyPathLength = BitConverter.GetBytes((Int16)masterKeyPathBytes.Length);

            // Encrypt the plain text
            byte[] cipherText = RSAEncrypt(rsaCngProvider, columnEncryptionKey);
            byte[] cipherTextLength = BitConverter.GetBytes((Int16)cipherText.Length);
            Debug.Assert(cipherText.Length == keySizeInBytes, @"cipherText length does not match the RSA key size");

            // Compute hash
            // SHA-2-256(version + keyPathLength + ciphertextLength + keyPath + ciphertext) 
            byte[] hash;
            using (SHA256Cng sha256 = new SHA256Cng())
            {
                sha256.TransformBlock(version, 0, version.Length, version, 0);
                sha256.TransformBlock(keyPathLength, 0, keyPathLength.Length, keyPathLength, 0);
                sha256.TransformBlock(cipherTextLength, 0, cipherTextLength.Length, cipherTextLength, 0);
                sha256.TransformBlock(masterKeyPathBytes, 0, masterKeyPathBytes.Length, masterKeyPathBytes, 0);
                sha256.TransformFinalBlock(cipherText, 0, cipherText.Length);
                hash = sha256.Hash;
            }

            // Sign the hash
            byte[] signedHash = RSASignHashedData(hash, rsaCngProvider);
            Debug.Assert(signedHash.Length == keySizeInBytes, @"signed hash length does not match the RSA key size");
            Debug.Assert(RSAVerifySignature(hash, signedHash, rsaCngProvider), @"Invalid signature of the encrypted column encryption key computed.");

            // Construct the encrypted column encryption key
            // EncryptedColumnEncryptionKey = version + keyPathLength + ciphertextLength + keyPath + ciphertext +  signature
            int encryptedColumnEncryptionKeyLength = version.Length + cipherTextLength.Length + keyPathLength.Length + cipherText.Length + masterKeyPathBytes.Length + signedHash.Length;
            byte[] encryptedColumnEncryptionKey = new byte[encryptedColumnEncryptionKeyLength];

            // Copy version byte
            int currentIndex = 0;
            Buffer.BlockCopy(version, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, version.Length);
            currentIndex += version.Length;

            // Copy key path length
            Buffer.BlockCopy(keyPathLength, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, keyPathLength.Length);
            currentIndex += keyPathLength.Length;

            // Copy ciphertext length
            Buffer.BlockCopy(cipherTextLength, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, cipherTextLength.Length);
            currentIndex += cipherTextLength.Length;

            // Copy key path
            Buffer.BlockCopy(masterKeyPathBytes, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, masterKeyPathBytes.Length);
            currentIndex += masterKeyPathBytes.Length;

            // Copy ciphertext
            Buffer.BlockCopy(cipherText, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, cipherText.Length);
            currentIndex += cipherText.Length;

            // copy the signature
            Buffer.BlockCopy(signedHash, 0, encryptedColumnEncryptionKey, currentIndex, signedHash.Length);

            return encryptedColumnEncryptionKey;
        }