Question

Which of these has an onboard key generator and key storage facility, as well as accelerated symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and can back up sensitive material in encrypted form?
A. Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
B. Self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs)
C. Encrypted hardware-based USB devices
D. Hardware Security Module (HSM)

Answer 1

Answer:

Hardware security module.

Explanation:

Hardware security module is a Physical digital device that comes as a plug-in adapter used to secure and manage digital keys and provides crypto processing for strong authentication.

It has an onboard cryptographic keyboard and one or more crypto processors, and can be used on computers and network servers to prevent logical or physical authentication access to unauthorized users. It supports symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.