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Can Nightingale replace secure (FIPS 140) hardware?

April 26, 2017FIPS hardware nightingale replace Secure

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Can Nightingale replace secure (FIPS 140) hardware?

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Nightingale is a complement to secure hardware, not a substitute. It is possible – and often desirable – to use both technologies together for the highest level of security. Individual secret shares – or the key that protects them – can be stored by the application server and the Nightingale server in their respective secure-hardware modules.