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What is a hardware security module (HSM)?
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The correct answer is B) A dedicated tamper-resistant hardware device for safeguarding cryptographic keys and performing cryptographic operations, never exposing keys to software
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Correct Answer
A dedicated tamper-resistant hardware device for safeguarding cryptographic keys and performing cryptographic operations, never exposing keys to software
Explanation
HSMs (Thales Luna, AWS CloudHSM, YubiHSM) physically protect private keys. They perform signing and decryption inside the device. Even with root access to the server, keys cannot be extracted.
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