In digital certificate-based PKI applications, private keys play an important role in asymmetric cryptography. Trusted Key PKI tokens ensure private keys are generated, stored and used onboard within the security module inside the device, preventing any risk of leaking critical private key information. Our tokens are under FIPS 140-2 Level 3 evaluation process and fully certified to ensure this level of protection meets the highest standards.

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) specifies the security requirements that will be satisfied by a cryptographic module. It provides four increasing, qualitative levels intended to cover a wide range of potential applications and environments. The areas covered, related to the secure design and implementation of a cryptographic module include a number of important specifications such as ports, interfaces, authentication, physical security, cryptographic key management, design assurance, attack mitigation, and more.

FIPS creates a uniform level of security for all federal agencies in order to protect what's categorized as sensitive but unclassified information: electronic data not classified as secret or higher, which makes up a large portion of the data around. All products that are validated under this standard have undergone rigorous testing and development.

Because of their highly assured level of security and because they meet such a broad spectrum of security requirements, FIPS 140-2 validated security products are widely accepted by government agencies, banks, enterprises worldwide.