The Host Security Module 8000 (HSM) is the latest incarnation of the Hardware Security Modules family, it takes the HSM forward in terms of performance and validated security for Banking and Financial transaction processing.

The HSM 8000 utilises technology that has been formally validated to the most stringent security standard (FIPS 140-2 Level 3). In addition the HSM 8000 is MEPS II approved for use on the French banking networks.

Primarily designed to address the ATM/EFTPOS market and back office security services, the HSM 8000 provides all the functionality to address the needs of acquirers, switches and issuers for the processing of magnetic stripe and chip card transactions (EMV). It has been integrated with all the leading software addressing this market.

This new range is evidence of Thales commitment to the ongoing development of the HSM platform. It is backward compatible with the RG7000 range of HSMs and provides a range of market-leading new benefits.

The HSM 8000 range offers a range of performance options up to 800tps (PIN block translates per second). There are two build variants.

• The standard build variant offers Ethernet (TCP/IP and UDP), and RS232 (Async and SNA) communications.
• The ESCON build variant offers ESCON, Ethernet (TCP/IP and UDP), and RS232 (Async and SNA) communications.

The functionality is delivered as licensed software modules on a CD with associated activation licence.