Externally Managed Security and Validation Processing Device

摘要

An externally managed security and validation processing device includes a cryptographic processing subsystem configured for performing security or validation services; an application interface configured for communicating security or validation services with an application system; and a secure management interface configured for communicating information, including configuration information for the cryptographic processing system for performing said security or validation services, with a service profile system external to the apparatus without passing said configuration information through the application system. The service profile system can typically also migrate security services provided by one apparatus to another apparatus.