HSM Technology Today In This Chapter 2 Delineation of HSMs from smartcards and crypto devices Hardware security module formats of today Security requirements for hardware security modules HSM design principles Physical security mechanisms Standards and norms for HSMs Search for ‘hardware security modules’ in your browser. You find links to The Wikipedia definition of hardware security modules Manufacturer websites Other definitions A tip: don’t enter ‘HSM’ or you’ll end up with the High School Musical movie! Searching for the term ‘hardware security modules’ on the internet brings up different manufacturer sites and numerous definitions. Unfortunately, many articles out there still put HSMs on a par with chip cards, and compare them. Here’s an example: ‘Hardware security modules (HSMs), like smartcards, are hardware devices that are used to store cryptographic key material in a secure way and to perform cryptographic operations’ (NetKnights, 2014). The comparison isn’t wrong, but it doesn’t highlight the full capabilities of HSMs in terms of computing speed and data-processing volume that we’re familiar with today in modern data centers. 15
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