Analyzing the compliance requirements and operational controls necessary to satisfy international audit standards for key escrow.
Global standards such as WebTrust for Certification Authorities and PCI PIN Security require strict enforcement of dual control and split knowledge. Auditors must verify that no single employee can ascertain, reconstruct, or utilize cryptographic master keys without observable quorum participation. HSMSafe provides automated evidence generation fulfilling these requirements.
Custodian smart cards deployed by HSMSafe feature Common Criteria EAL6+ microcontrollers with hardware Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs). If a custodian card is stolen, brute-force PIN attempts trigger irreversible self-erasure after three failed trials.
As each custodian card is presented, the HSMSafe enclave verifies mutual cryptographic attestation with the card's secure chip, ensuring that cloned cards, emulator software, or compromised USB buses cannot inject counterfeit shares into the ceremony.