Azure key vault uses ncipher nshield family of hsms fips 140 2 level 2 validated to protect your keys.
Hardware security modules azure.
The key material stays safely in tamper resistant tamper evident hardware modules.
Cryptographic keys are stored in azure key vault using software protection or you can import or generate your keys in hardware security modules hsms certified to fips 140 2 level 2 standards.
Azure dedicated hsm hardware security module is a cloud based service that provides hsms hosted in azure datacenters that are directly connected to a customers virtual network.
Azure key vault provides solutions to address the following problems.
Manage and maintain administrative and cryptographic control of your hardware security modules in azure with azure dedicated hsm.
This scenario is often referred to as bring your own key or byok.
A hardware security module hsm is a physical computing device used to safeguard and manage cryptographic keys.
Learn more about dedicated hsm pricing.
Azure dedicated hsm enables you to keep full administrative and cryptographic control over the hardware security modules hsms that process their encryption keys and meet compliance requirements for several industry standards and regulations such as fips 140 2 level 3 gdpr hipaa pci dss and eidas while also meeting the demanding latency and throughput requirements for their applications.
Secrets management key management and certificate management.
Azure dedicated hardware security module hsm azure dedicated hsm is an azure service that provides cryptographic key storage within azure.
You can use ncipher tools to move a key from your hsm to azure key vault.
Azure key vaults may be either software or hardware hsm protected.
Azure dedicated hsm allows you to do key management on a hardware security module that you control in the cloud.
There is no charge for encrypting virtual disks in azure.
Microsoft uses ncipher hardware security modules.
Dedicated hsm meets the most stringent security requirements.
These modules traditionally come in the form of a plug in card or an external device that attaches directly to a computer or network server.
For added assurance when you use azure key vault you can import or generate keys in hardware security modules hsms that never leave the hsm boundary.
These are dedicated network hsm appliances gemalto s safenet network hsm 7 fips 140 2 level 3 available in a customers private ip address space.
These cryptographic keys are used to encrypt and decrypt virtual disks attached to your vm.
A hardware security module hsm is a physical computing device that safeguards and manages digital keys performs encryption and decryption functions for digital signatures strong authentication and other cryptographic functions.
For situations where you require added assurance you can import or generate keys in hardware security modules hsms that never leave the hsm boundary.
