The folks at Nitrokey kindly sent me a Nitrokey HSM 2 as part of the Nitrokey Community Program. The tiny, thumb-drive sized device is actually a Hardware Security Module, a device that holds cryptographic keys and performs encryption and decryption. If you’ve not come across HSMs before and you’d like
Joining the Nitrokey Community Programme
I first came across Nitrokey as a provider of U2F USB sticks, little hardware devices that authenticate users with a physical device. The idea there is that you can use this physical device as part of a multifactor authentication process to strengthen your security. Using a physical device means that
What is a Hardware Security Module?
A great deal of the way that we interact with the world in our daily lives relies on security. We need to be able to trust that the information we receive is secure and that our personal data remains private. This need for trust and security is critical to many