Overview#
AWS CloudHSM is a cloud-based Hardware Security Module (HSM) that enables you to easily generate and use your own encryption keys on the AWS Cloud.AWS CloudHSM allows management your own encryption keys using FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated HSMs. AWS CloudHSM offers you the flexibility to integrate with your applications using industry-standard APIs, such as PKCS 11, Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE), and Microsoft's CryptoNG (CNG) libraries.
AWS CloudHSM is standards-compliant and enables you to export all of your keys to most other commercially-available HSMs, subject to your configurations. AWS CloudHSM is a fully-managed service that automates time-consuming administrative tasks for you, such as hardware provisioning, software patching, high-availability, and backups. AWS CloudHSM also enables you to scale quickly by adding and removing HSM capacity on-demand, with no up-front costs.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - AWS CloudHSM
- based on information obtained 2019-07-08