Securing applications is about making the right choices. For many, that means hardware protection of cryptographic keys and processes, leaving open other options like choice of programming environment, operating system or cryptographic interface. Thales e-Security provides readily integrated hardware security for virtually all application environments, delivering better security, more performance and easier management and control.

For back offices the Host Security Module (HSM) brings maximum connectivity to host applications together with a simple low level interface. The Security Resource Manager (SRM) extends this capability even further by managing multiple HSMs, allocating security resource across many different applications. These capabilities are complemented by Thales’ Personalisation Preparation Process (P3™) and P3 Crypto Module for the issuance and personalisation of smart cards.

In the Middle Office, WebSentry™ integrates into application server environments to secure a broad range of applications. With a choice of hardware platform (PCI or Ethernet), development interface (including PKCS#11, Java Cryptographic Extension or OpenSSL) and operating system (Windows, Solaris or Linux) there really is no easier way of adding hardware security to applications in the middle office.

In the Front Office – the customer interface to applications – Thales e-Security supports a wide range of authentication mechanisms based on both hardware and software solutions. They include Identrus smart cards, Arcot ID tokens, SafeSign® Tokens, dynamic passwords and PKI certificates together with other innovative new authentication techniques such as EMV-based Authentication (MasterCard CAP and Visa Token Authentication).