Crypto4A Technologies Inc. has announced its fifth-generation hardware security module (HSM), QxHSM.

According to the company, the new model includes a revolutionary modular blade form factor that provides operational efficiencies and a lower total cost of ownership. QxHSM provides the quantum-safe cryptographic agility, mobility and scalability needed to keep up with rapid advances in technology, ensures true ownership of cryptographic material without vendor lock in and supports flexible cloud-scale deployment architectures while adapting to changing markets, standards and requirements.

Cryptographic security

“The QxHSM epitomizes our ‘agility-by-design’ philosophy. We go beyond addressing just cryptographic agility, we are revolutionizing the concept of agility in HSMs and their roles in today’s digital landscape. Our ground-breaking form factor enables various deployment models, providing agile system scalability in terms of both time and space,” said Bruno Couillard, Co-Founder, and CEO of Crypto4A.

“Thanks to our highly optimized and agile architecture, the QxHSM ensures an up-to-date and timely quantum-safe cryptographic security posture throughout its lifespan. We firmly believe that the QxHSM will forever redefine the HSM space.”

Additional features

Crypto4A says that the QxHSM blade module is a fully featured network-attached HSM in a reduced footprint that can be deployed in a single module desktop enclosure for smaller deployments (such as offline root applications), a three-module 1U blade server enclosure, all the way up to a high-density ten-module 3U blade server enclosure for data center and cloud deployments.

Multiple blade modules and enclosures can be combined for clustering on a highly distributed global scale. The QxHSM allows for higher rack density with over 60% space savings compared to traditional network attached HSMs leading to reduced operational costs and optimized use of data centre infrastructure.