Hardware Security Module - Tamper Protection

Tamper Protection

The tamper evidence, resistance, and response – tamper protection – are the key and major differences HSMs have from usual server computers acting as cryptographic accelerators.

Whereas there are some standards covering security requirements for cryptographic modules, the most widely accepted (both as customers’ choice and government requests) is the NIST FIPS 140-2.

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