Appendix A: Glossary
APPENDIX A:
Glossary
A
Adapter
The printed circuit board responsible for cryptographic processing in a HSM
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
API
Application Programming Interface
ASO
Administration Security Officer
Asymmetric Cipher
An encryption algorithm that uses different keys for encryption and decryption. These ciphers are usually also known
as public-key ciphers as one of the keys is generally public and the other is private. RSA and ElGamal are two asym-
metric algorithms
B
Block Cipher
A cipher that processes input in a fixed block size greater than 8 bits. A common block size is 64 bits
Bus
One of the sets of conductors (wires, PCB tracks or connections) in an IC
C
CA
Certification Authority
SafeNet ProtectToolkit 5.4 Installation Guide
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