Hardware Security Module
What is Hardware Security Module?
A dedicated cryptographic processor that provides secure generation, storage, and management of digital keys and performs encryption operations in a tamper-resistant device.
Terms that appear alongside hardware security module
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as hardware security module. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 5 shared controls
- fips 4 shared controls
- key management 4 shared controls
- tls 3 shared controls
- hardware security module hsm 3 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- authentication 3 shared controls
- encryption at rest 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern hardware security module
What the standards actually require on hardware security module
Requirements naming hardware security module across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Private keys for Microsoft AD CS CA servers are protected by a hardware security module.
ISM-1957 · Private keys for Microsoft AD CS CA servers are protected by a hardware security module. →Security Dimension 3 Non-Repudiation per X.805 Clause 6.3: Non-repudiation provides means for preventing an individual or entity from denying having performed a particular action related to data by making available proof of various network-related actions (e.g...
X805-Dim3-Non-Repudiation-Proof-Origin-Delivery-Sender-Receiver-Denial-Prevention · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 3 - Non-Repudiation + Proof of Origin + Proof of Delivery + Sender + Receiver Denial Prevention + Digital Signatures + Timestamping + Audit Logs + Forensic Evidence + Court-Admissible Records →Implement Asset Management + Identity and Access Management + Cryptography per MTCS SS 584. Asset Management (ISO 27001 Annex A.8 alignment) - asset inventory (hardware + software + data + virtual + container + serverless) + asset classification + asset owners...
MTCS-Asset-IAM-Cryptography-Multi-Tier-Asset-Inventory-RBAC-MFA-PAM-FIPS-HSM-Quantum-Safe · MTCS Asset Mgmt + IAM + Cryptography + Asset Inventory + RBAC + MFA + PAM + FIPS + HSM + Quantum-Safe →Destroy keys held outside a secure environment and revoke keys held in hardware security modules once they are no longer needed, through a defined and evaluated process.
CCM-CEK-14 · Key Destruction →ISMAP Data Protection establishes comprehensive data lifecycle controls. (1) Data Classification: customer government data must be classified per Japanese government data classification scheme + including (a) General + (b) Sensitive + (c) Confidential + (d) St...
ISMAP-DataProtection-Classification-Encryption-DataResidencyJapan-Backup-SecureDeletion-Cryptography-FIPS · ISMAP Data Protection - Data Classification + AES-256 Encryption At Rest + TLS 1.3 In Transit + Data Residency Japan + Backup + Secure Deletion + Cryptography per FIPS 140-3 + CRYPTREC + KMS HSM →Kuwait NCF Protect function (Data). Data Protection and Encryption aligned with NIST SP 800-53 SC family + ISO 27001 A.10 cryptography + A.13 communications security + KDPPR CITRA data protection coordination.
KNCF-Protect-Data-Encryption-Classification-Cryptography-Key-Management-DLP-PKI-Quantum-Resistant · Kuwait NCF Protect + Data + Encryption + Classification + Cryptography + Key Management + DLP →Questions people ask about hardware security module
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