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A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a hardware component to generate and store private keys of a Windows CA. Additionally, a HSM perform cryptographically operations. One can differentiate between dedicated and attached HSMs. Dedicated HSMs are directly connected to one CA, whereas attached HSMs can be used by multiple CAs.
