payShield 9000

Thales payShield 9000 – HSM developed by Thales e-Security especially for payment applications. This module provides protection of such transactions as: check of PIN codes, payment transactions, payment card issue and also enciphering key management. payShield 9000 – the module of protection of payment systems, most popular in the world, with its help is performed more than 80% of the world volume of payment card transactions.

Security functions

• Certification of separate configurations on the standard of security of PCI HSM allows the companies to plan transition to work in the infrastructure conforming to requirements of this standard which will become obligatory for the payment industry in the near future in advance;
• An opportunity to have a set of local master keys (LMK) within one HSM provides cryptographic isolation of the different applications using one module. It is ideal for service bureaus of banks, allowing to separate bases of encryption keys for different clients;
• The control device encryption keys (KMD) which allows security service specialists to manage components of keys is optionally available, to recover encryption keys and to move them on highly protected Wednesday of the module without the need for physical contact with HSM;
• Opportunities for audit on security satisfy to modern standards in the bank industry and provide confidence that all actions made in HSM are fixed and can be analyzed.

Advantages of Thales payShield 9000

• Optionally the available mode of remote access Remote HSM Manager allows to cut down operating expenses and gives the chance to security service specialists from the central office to manage modules on places in the remote mode;
• Statistics of use gives to users the chance to control the operations performed in a system for any period, helping to plan production capacities and to avoid bottlenecks in performance;
• The high flexibility of use of the module thanks to the double system of power supply and two ports Ethernet provides the maximum service life and and does convenient use in data processing centers;
• Updating by means of upgrade of a program component and a possibility of the choice of necessary functions allow the organizations to receive the maximum benefit from their investments into a security system and to meet the most specific requirements, providing the available, safe and reliable instrument of protection.