This type of device is used to provision cryptographic keys for critical functions such as encryption decryption and authentication for the use of applications identities and databases.
Hardware security module aws.
With cloudhsm you can manage your own encryption keys using fips 140 2 level 3 validated hsms.
A hardware security module hsm is a physical device that provides extra security for sensitive data.
This prevents keys from being exposed or duplicated in software.
This feature is available for aws iot greengrass core v1 7 and later.
Legacy hsm for on premises encryption key management.
For example businesses may use an hsm to secure trade secrets that have significant value by ensuring.
The aws cloudhsm service helps you meet corporate contractual and regulatory compliance requirements for data security by using dedicated hardware security module hsm instances within the aws cloud.
This non proprietary cryptographic module security policy for the aws key management service kms hardware security module hsm from amazon web services aws provides an overview of the hsm and a high level description of how it meets the security requirements of fips 140 2.