摘要:
A new approach is proposed to support secured hardware security module (HSM) backup for a plurality of web services hosted in a cloud to offload their key storage, management, and crypto operations to the HSM. Each HSM is a high-performance, FIPS 140-compliant security solution for crypto acceleration of the web services. Each HSM includes multiple partitions isolated from each other, where each HSM partition is dedicated to support one of the web service hosts/servers to offload its crypto operations via a HSM virtual machine (VM) over the network. The HSM-VM is configured to export objects from the key store of a first HSM partition to a key store of a second HSM partition, wherein the second HSM partition is configured to serve the key management and crypto operations offloaded from the web service host once the objects exported from the key store of the first HSM partition are received.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support security communication between a hardware security module (HSM) and for a plurality of web services hosted in a cloud to offload their key storage, management, and crypto operations to the HSM. Each of a plurality of HSM virtual machines (VMs) establishes a secure communication channel with a web service hosts/server to offload its key management and crypto operations to a HSM partition of the HSM dedicated to support the web service. An HSM managing VM can also be deployed to monitor and manage the operations of the HSM-VMs to support the plurality of web service hosts.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support security management for a plurality of web services hosted in a cloud at a data center to offload their crypto operations to one or more hardware security modules (HSMs) deployed in the cloud. Each HSM is a high-performance, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-compliant security solution for crypto acceleration of the web services. Each HSM includes multiple partitions, wherein each HSM partition is dedicated to support one of the web service hosts/servers to offload their crypto operations via one of a plurality of HSM virtual machine (VM) over the network. An HSM managing VM can also be deployed to monitor and manage the operations of the HSM-VMs to support a plurality of web services.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support a mechanism to offload all aspects of inline SSL processing of an application running on a server/host to an embedded networking device such as a Network Interface Card (NIC), which serves as a hardware accelerator for all applications running on the server that need to have a secure connection with a remote client device over a network. By utilizing a plurality of its software and hardware features, the embedded networking device is configured to process all SSL operations of the secure connection inline, i.e., the SSL operations are performed as packets are transferred between the host and the client over the network, rather than having the SSL operations offloaded to the NIC, which then returns the packets to the host (or the remote client device) before they can be transmitted to the remote client device (or to the host).
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support security communication between a hardware security module (HSM) and a plurality of network-enabled devices to offload their key storage, management, and crypto operations to the HSM. The HSM includes a plurality of HSM service units, each configured to authenticate one of the network-enabled devices based on its credentials and process the key management and crypto operations offloaded from the network-enabled device once it is authenticated. The HSM service unit also communicates results of the key management and crypto operations back to the network-enabled device via the secured communication channel.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support a trusted local certificate authority (CA) running on a hardware security module (HSM), wherein the trusted local CA is configured to issue a certificate to each of a plurality of network-enabled devices for authentication. The HSM further includes a plurality of HSM service units each configured to process key management and crypto operations offloaded from each of the network-enabled devices once it is authenticated. Each of the network-enabled devices is configured to accept its certificate for authentication from the trusted local CA, establish a secured communication channel with the HSM over a network and present the certificate to the HSM in a request for authentication, and offload its key management and crypto operations to one of the HSM service units once the network-enabled device is authenticated.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed to support high availability (HA) of hardware security module (HSM) adapters in an HSM HA domain for web services hosted in a cloud to offload their key storage, management, and crypto operations to the HSM adapters. Each of the HSM adapters is a high-performance, FIPS 140-compliant security solution and includes multiple partitions isolated from each other each dedicated to support one of the web service hosts to offload its key management crypto operations. An HSM managing virtual machine (VM) monitors load information on the operations currently being performed by the HSM partitions in the HSM HA domain and identifies one or more second HSM partitions if a first HSM partition serving the operations is determined to be overloaded. The HSM managing VM then distributes a portion of the offloaded key management and crypto operations from the first HSM partition to the second HSM partitions.
摘要:
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support security management for a plurality of web services hosted in a cloud at a data center to offload their crypto operations to one or more hardware security modules (HSMs) deployed in the cloud. Each HSM is a high-performance, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-compliant security solution for crypto acceleration of the web services. Each HSM includes multiple partitions, wherein each HSM partition is dedicated to support one of the web service hosts/servers to offload their key management and crypto operations via one of a plurality of HSM virtual machine (VM) over the network. An HSM managing VM can also be deployed to monitor and manage the operations of the HSM-VMs to support a plurality of web services.