HSM
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A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a dedicated, tamper-resistant device used to securely generate, store, and manage cryptographic keys and perform sensitive cryptographic operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HSM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1907780 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HSM Context triple: [DNSSEC ZSK, canBeStoredIn, HSM]
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A.
HMA
HMA is a European network of national medicines regulatory authorities that collaborates to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products across member states.
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B.
HMC
HMC is a professional association of leading independent school heads in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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C.
HMC
HMC is the stock ticker symbol for Honda Motor Co., Ltd., a major Japanese multinational manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment.
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D.
HSS
HSS (Home Subscriber Server) is a core network database in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architectures that manages user identities, subscription profiles, and authentication for telecom services.
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E.
HMG
HMG is the common abbreviation for His Majesty’s Government, the central executive authority of the United Kingdom responsible for national policy and administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HSM Target entity description: A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a dedicated, tamper-resistant device used to securely generate, store, and manage cryptographic keys and perform sensitive cryptographic operations.
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A.
HMA
HMA is a European network of national medicines regulatory authorities that collaborates to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products across member states.
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B.
HMC
HMC is a professional association of leading independent school heads in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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C.
HMC
HMC is the stock ticker symbol for Honda Motor Co., Ltd., a major Japanese multinational manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment.
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D.
HSS
HSS (Home Subscriber Server) is a core network database in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architectures that manages user identities, subscription profiles, and authentication for telecom services.
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E.
HMG
HMG is the common abbreviation for His Majesty’s Government, the central executive authority of the United Kingdom responsible for national policy and administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cryptographic hardware device
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Hardware security module ⓘ Security appliance ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HSM ⓘ |
| designedToResist |
key extraction
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physical tampering ⓘ side-channel attacks ⓘ |
| goal | protect cryptographic material from compromise ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor |
PCIe card
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USB token ⓘ embedded module ⓘ network-attached appliance ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
dedicated-purpose
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physically secure ⓘ tamper-resistant ⓘ |
| implementsStandard |
Common Criteria
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FIPS 140 ⓘ
surface form:
FIPS 140-2
FIPS 140 ⓘ
surface form:
FIPS 140-3
PCI PIN Transaction Security ⓘ
surface form:
PCI PIN Security
PCI PIN Transaction Security ⓘ
surface form:
PCI PTS HSM
|
| primaryFunction |
cryptographic key generation
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cryptographic key management ⓘ cryptographic key storage ⓘ execution of cryptographic operations ⓘ |
| provides | hardware-based root of trust ⓘ |
| supportsAlgorithm |
AES
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Elliptic Curve Cryptography ⓘ RSA ⓘ SHA-2 ⓘ SHA-3 ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
decryption
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digital signature generation ⓘ digital signature verification ⓘ encryption ⓘ key unwrapping ⓘ key wrapping ⓘ message authentication code computation ⓘ random number generation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cloud key management
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code signing ⓘ database encryption key protection ⓘ payment card processing security ⓘ protection of cryptographic keys ⓘ protection of digital certificates ⓘ public key infrastructure ⓘ secure transaction processing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
certificate authorities
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data centers ⓘ financial institutions ⓘ government agencies ⓘ telecommunications networks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HSM Description of subject: A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a dedicated, tamper-resistant device used to securely generate, store, and manage cryptographic keys and perform sensitive cryptographic operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.