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USB AUTHENTICATION TOKENPublic Key cryptography, the core of PKI, supports security mechanisms of confidentiality, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation. Through the advanced security mechanisms, PKI is ideal to be adopted into any information technology security phase from enterprise Single-Sign-On (SSO) access control, VPN remote access and Email encryption to the most common online Banking and e-commerce activities. For PKI based systems, since the trust is predicated upon the security and integrity of the private keys used to sign the transactions, it is necessary that those private keys be secured as best as possible. For this reason, the private keys should be stored and used in specialized devices, knownas Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). Various standards are used to categorize HSMs, for example, FIPS-140. USB Authentication tokens, also known as PKI USB Keys, are a sort of USB interfaced devices with smartcard chip and smartcard chip operating systems (COS). They are high security level HSMs to store private keys and perform corresponding encryption and decryption within the built-in chips. Specialized hardware and software of the USB tokens assure any sensitive data, such as the private keys, can never being exported outside the token. HyperSecu ePass family USB authentication tokens offer a wide range of choice for your PKI implementation, from enterprise network access control to online banking systems.
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