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HSM: SECURITY OBJECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS

The security measures of an HSM device are so high that all the important information of a company will always be protected and safe from any attack to the general security.

There is a security guarantee regarding the HSM manufacturers, and that is the analysis in detail and the tests that are carried out in specialized laboratories in order to accredit the certificates of international security of the certifiers, which are NIST for the FIPS certificate, CCN for CommonCriteria, and PCI for the consortium of Methods of Payment.

The data protected with an HSM device are the functional objectives of any HSM and are the following below:

• Generation of keys which are generated as random values that are based on unpredictable variables.
• Primality Test which is used to submit the mathematical components of public keys in certificates.
• Minimum frequencies separation generated by the processors.
• Deletion of memories by anti-tamper mechanisms which are activated when there is a fraudulent read attempt.

CYBERSECURITY IN THE FORM OF SOLUTIONS

A great savings today in all the organizations is the use of technology for digital transformation since they integrate security systems in cryptographic devices that give real solutions in the field of digital security or cybersecurity. We are talking about the security systems SW, HW and HSM.

All sectors are studied within the functionalities of Realsec products and solutions. For example, in the banking sector with cryptographic solutions by key remote loading, which we manage through Cryptosec RKL, and cryptography solutions via financial hardware through CryptosecBanking.

The complex superior security is carried out through the implementation of Cryptosec DEKATON, which manages and processes the hardware security modules or HSM and the network cryptographic servers via Cryptosec LAN.

Regarding the solutions we provide for digital transformation in cybersecurity, we have CryptoSign SERVER whose main function is digital signature and centralized management of digital certificates.

The authority service of time stamping is carried out from Cryptosec OPENKEY TSA, and with regard to signature and encryption of emails, it is managed with Cryptosec MAIL.

The public key infrastructure or PKI has several aspects, and the systems of certification authority or CA, are managed with Cryptosec OPENKEY CA, the systems of registration authority with Cryptosec OPENKEY RA, and the systems of validation authority or VA, with the appliance Cryptosec OPENKEY VA.

HSM FEATURES

The use of devices that involve HSM technology, such as PCI cards or appliances, is always involved with security and performance.

For the security field, there are several ways to control the activity on the web servers.

One is through the SSL cryptographic protocol, which are public key certificates that contain the private key, and are stored in the file system of the server.

The way to keep security in these cases is established by giving exclusive access to the user through the server and protecting the access to the files to a máximum level.

At times, when the server has been threatened, it is possible to extract the certificates so as not to jeopardize their security, although this is not as simple as it seems and will have to use an HSM to custody the startup password of the web server.

Summing up, by using an HSM device, the password is not affected nor the place is changed, but through its API or Application Programming Interface, it goes to the certificate and returns a decrypted result which could be used by the application that is required.

In terms of performance, apart from allowing the custody of the password of the certificates and their generation, it also makes it possible to perform cryptographic operationsas well as free space server tasks.

En cuanto al rendimiento, aparte de permitir la custodia de la contraseña de los certificados, y su generación, también hacen posible que se puedan realizar operaciones criptográficas, liberando de espacio las tareas del servidor.

The effectiveness of these hardware security modules or HSM typically increases in asymmetric or public key cryptography, rather than symmetric cryptography.

One of the most interesting features of an HSM device is that when you try to force the output of the memory, the card is self-destroyed in such a way that it does not compromise the data stored in it.