Hardware security module (HSM)
HSM potential use:
- PKI systems such as CAs, RAs, directory service, timestamp servers and OCSP responses
- E-commerce systems, payment gateways and trading systems
- Internet service providers and ASPs
- SSL crypto accelerators for secure web servers, firewalls, and VPNs
- Storage systems for confidential documents, archives
- Authentication and key storage servers
- Systems of digital signature of documents and systems of notaries
- Systems for issuing payment cards of international payment systems Visa and MasterCard, hardware security modules for ATMs and the global payment system Identrus (protection of electronic transactions in card payment systems, generation and verification of PIN codes, management of printing PIN envelopes)
- Other computer systems for secure storage and management of keys that protect communications, information storage and authentication