Cavium Networks, a provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that offer intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage and video applications, has reportedly unveiled their latest FIPS 140-2 level 2 and 3 certified Hardware Security Module with PCI (News - Alert)-Express Gen2 connectivity as part of the NITROX XL CN16XX-NFBE Adapter family.

 

The company released this new NITROX XL NFBE family in a low profile form factor and integrated Network Interface Card functionality with 45,000 RSA (News - Alert) operations per second and 5 Gbps performance and is certified to the stringent US government security standards.

 

The HSM device comes in a tamper-resistant enclosure that can be attached directly to the appliance, server or general purpose computer. It provides both logical and physical protection of secure keys from non-authorized use and potential adversaries and can be used for managing digital keys, accelerating digital signings/second and for providing strong authentication to access critical keys for server applications.

 

According to the company, the new FIPS 140-2 module is an ideal solution for financial, government and healthcare vertical markets, meeting variety of requirements when integrated into a wide range of equipment including Remote Access Servers, Public Key Infrastructure, Database Servers, Web Servers, L4+ Switches, Load Balancers, Networking/Server Appliances and Unified Threat Management Appliances.

 

Rajneesh Gaur, senior director, Networking and Communications at Cavium Networks (News - Alert) said that they have developed this product line in close partnership with several major OEMs, who have been extremely pleased with its features and performance, and are using it for a broad range of higher volume applications.

 

"Cavium is known for its innovation as part of its market leading security and multi-core processor products. We are extending this innovation and market leadership to the HSM Adapter market with our NITROX XL NFBE product family," Gaur said.