• Independently certified secure management and storage of private keys (FIPS pending for PCIe products until second half 2008).<br />• Removes bottlenecks and frees server to respond to business transactions.<br />• Allows developers to protect sensitive data and deploy tamper resistant software within a secure cryptographic boundary.<br />• Transparently passes all processing activities to the next nShield or netHSM if a device becomes unavailable.<br />• Enables access to a secure and trusted time source.