HSMs

Hardware Security Modules

A Hardware Security Module, HSM, is an optional chryptographic hardware device required in many PKI systems for several reasons; like protection of chryptographic keys in certified hardware, and where high performance is needed.

Since any HSM stores your chryptographic keys in certified hardware, rendering is virtually impossible to thieve trough copying. HSMs also enables cryptographic operations such as digital signatures, significantly higher speed and orders of magnitude.

Partnering with vendors of Hardware Security Modules, PrimeKey can offer high security HSMs from all the leading suppliers:

  • nCipher
  • Utimaco
  • AEP Networks
  • SafeNet

Intelligible low-cost alternative

Where policy requirements are less strict, our low-cost alternative PrimeCardHSM, is an excellent choice. Unproblematic and intelligible, it is the most cost effective HSM product on the market.