AWS CloudHSM Use Cases
A CloudHSM cluster can store up to 3,500 keys of any type or size. It integrates with AWS CloudTrail so all activities related to CloudHSM are logged and you can get a history of all AWS API calls made to CloudHSM.
With so many features and benefits, AWS CloudHSM has many use cases when it comes to securing your data. Let us look at some of the most popular use cases for this service.
Offload SSL/TLS Processing for Web Servers
Web servers and web browsers often use SSL or TLS for a secure connection to transfer data over the internet. This connection requires the web server to use a public-private key pair along with a public key certificate in order to establish an HTTPS session with each client. This activity acts as an overhead for the web server in terms of additional computation. CloudHSM can help you offload this overhead by storing the web server's private key in HSM as it is designed for this purpose. This process is often known as SSL acceleration.
