Vault at the Center of the PCKS#11 and Key Management Ecosystems
summary
Vault 1.12 adds a PKCS#11 provider so Vault can present a PKCS#11 interface while still backing keys with HSMs for true RNG and chain of custody; KMIP, seal‑wrapping and a Key Management Secrets Engine are supported and an enterprise RC appears 11 hours 38 minutes ago. A NetApp integration shows Vault manages volume keys in production and a government deploy uses Vault to gate admin operations. Developer setup drops from ~150 lines to four lines of code and HSM onboarding is ~35 seconds, enabling hybrid hardware+software key management.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 5:59Challenges with Hardware Security Modules
- 13:57Evolution to Software Security Modules
- 23:41Hardware's role in modern cryptography
- 27:54Key protocols in cryptography
- 31:23Identity and privilege management
- 36:16Real-world use cases for encryption
- 40:25Future of security modules
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