Microsoft Integrates Marvell NIST FIPS 140-3 Level-3 Compliant LiquidSecurity HSMs into Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM Services

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[{"type":"text","content":"SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced that Microsoft—which extensively uses the Marvell® LiquidSecurity® family of HSMs to perform encryption, key management, and other security functions within Azure—will update its fleet of LiquidSecurity HSMs to the FIPS 140-3, Level-3 standard to further enhance its internal security posture and the portfolio of security services offered to its customers.\nMarvell LiquidSecurity 1 and LiquidSecurity 2 hardware security modules (HSMs) achieved FIPS 140-3 Level-3 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in June. Stringent FIPS 140-3 certification is required by many financial institutions and government organizations and, to date, has largely been available only with traditional HSMs for on-premise use.\n\"We congratulate Marvell on achieving NIST FIPS 140-3, Level-3 certification of its LiquidSecurity HSMs which power our Azure Key Vault and Azure Key Vault Managed HSM services, and on which we continue to innovate new offerings,\" said Soumya Subramanian, VP of Cloud Security Engineering at Microsoft Azure. \"Through our collaboration with Marvell, we are able to offer Azure's customers the most secure and compliant key management services available in Public, Sovereign or Government clouds today.\"\nFIPS 140 (Federal Information Processing Standard) is a set of security requirements established by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and managed by both the United States and Canada as part of the CMVP (Cryptographic Module Validation Program). They specify the security requirements that will be satisfied by a cryptographic module, providing four increasingly stringent levels intended to cover a wide range of potential applications and environments. Many government organizations and financial institutions are mandated to use NIST FIPS-certified HSMs for encryption and key management. Because of the rigorous testing required to meet this certification, the use of HSMs has grown across all markets and use cases have proliferated.\nFIPS 140-3 introduces several new security enhancements over FIPS 140-2. This new NIST FIPS 140-3 certification will eventually replace FIPS 140-2 certification as the latter will be moved t...

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