Hardware Security Module (HSM)
What is Hardware Security Module (HSM)?
A dedicated physical computing device that safeguards and manages cryptographic keys, performs encryption and decryption, and provides authentication services. HSMs are tamper-resistant and used in high-security environments.
Terms that appear alongside hardware security module (hsm)
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as hardware security module (hsm). The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 3 shared controls
- hardware security module 3 shared controls
- authentication 3 shared controls
- fips 2 shared controls
- key management 2 shared controls
- tls 2 shared controls
- audit 2 shared controls
- encryption at rest 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern hardware security module (hsm)
What the standards actually require on hardware security module (hsm)
Requirements naming hardware security module (hsm) across this standard, quoted from the control text.
Security Layer 1 Infrastructure per X.805 Clause 7.1: The Infrastructure Security Layer consists of network facilities (transmission facilities and network elements) protected by the security measures.
X805-Layer1-Infrastructure-Security-Transmission-Facilities-Network-Elements-Lines-Routers-Switches · ITU-T X.805 Security Layer 1 - Infrastructure Security + Transmission Facilities + Network Elements + Routers + Switches + Lines + Physical + Datacenter + Optical + Radio Access + Wireless + Wireline + Edge →Questions people ask about hardware security module (hsm)
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