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Secure PKI depends upon superior hardware, software solutions
In a business where data theft and electronic threats regularly dominate technology news, security is a vital key to success. Customers and partners must trust that their interactions and transactions with a company are secure. But building this trust has become harder as the enterprise has become more dispersed and networks more distributed. Encryption has become a vital part of the enterprise security strategy, and digital certificates and public key cryptography are now the standards for integrated security. The task for the enterprise is to develop a public key infrastructure (PKI) that delivers maximum security while minimizing cost and impact on system performance. A superior PKI approach will integrate both hardware and software solutions to optimize security and performance. nCipher solutions play an integral role in any PKI with tamper-resistant hardware security modules (HSM) that protect and manage cryptographic keys, ensure authenticity and integrity of sensitive documents and provide time stamping capabilities. To learn more about nCipher solutions as part of a PKI solution, click here
nCipher offers technology for superior PKI deployment
nCipher is one of the world's leading providers of encryption and security products for the enterprise, providing both the hardware and software to establish a successful PKI implementation. Protecting the cryptographic keys is a critical task in public key cryptography, and nCipher offers hardware security modules that provide maximum security.
nCipher nShield™ is a dedicated hardware product designed for advanced key security and management. With an FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and Level 3 validation, nShield protects keys within a commercial server platform in a tamper-resistant environment. nShield offers out-of-the-box interoperability with leading software applications, and offers remarkable performance (up to 4000 transactions per second) as well as the flexibility and scalability to allow for a range of deployment options.
To improve system performance, nCipher offers SSL acceleration solutions that address the CPU-hungry SSL processing from servers onto secure hardware devices. nCipher nFast™, is a PCI card that can offload or accelerate SSL operations to increase system performance, reduce cost and minimize the impact on servers. And nCipher nForce™ provides even greater security during SSL offloading with a tamper-resistant PCI card that secures the cryptographic keys that underpin SSL and PKI.
Robust software simplifies PKI management
Key management is also a critical element of PKI. nCipher's keyAuthority is a leading key management system that provides centralized and automated management and distribution of the keys needed for PKI deployment.
nCipher also delivers products for encryption, FIPS 140-validated host security module technology, RFC3161-compliant time stamp solutions, SSL encryption, and solutions that surpass the data encryption standard.
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