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HSM self-destruction in a hybrid cloud KMS solution

US11176253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Erlander Lo · Leander, US
Karunakar Bojjireddy · Apex, US
Angel Nunez Mencias · Stuttgart, DE
Marco Pavone · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2143
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes: federating, by a computer device, a proxy hardware security module from a physical hardware security module; storing, by the computer device, the proxy hardware security module; receiving, by the computer device, a first one of a plurality of periodic identifying communications from the physical hardware security module; and erasing, by the computer device, the proxy hardware security module as a result of the computer device not receiving a second one of the plurality of periodic identifying communications.

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