nShield Solo HSMs are hardened, tamper-resistant FIPS 140-2 certified PCIe cards which perform encryption, digital signing and key generation on behalf of an extensive range of commercial and custom-built applications, including certificate authorities, code signing and more.

The nShield Solo series includes the new high-performance nShield Solo XC High, which offers superior asymmetric and symmetric performance and best-in-class elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) transaction rates.

Tech Specs

Certified Hardware Solutions

Entrust has earned a broad set of certifications for nShield products. These certifications help our customers to demonstrate compliance while also giving them the assurance that their nShield HSMs meet stringent industry standards.

Safety and Environmental Standards Compliance

• UL, CE, FCC, RCM, Canada ICES
• RoHS2, WEEE

Security Compliance

• eIDAS and Common Criteria EAL4 + AVA_VAN.5 and ALC_FLR.2 certification against EN 419 221-5 Protection Profile, under the Dutch NSCIB scheme
• Can form the basis of an EN 419 241-2 certified remote signing system for eIDAS.
• Compliant with BSI AIS 31 for true and deterministic random number generation
• ICP Brazil certification to NSC3 level
• Singapore CSA NITES certification for nShield Solo XC models

Supported APIs

• PKCS#11, OpenSSL, Java (JCE), Microsoft CAPI and CNG

Supported Cryptographic Algorithms

• Asymmetric public key algorithms: RSA, Diffie-Hellman, ECMQV, DSA, KCDSA, ECDSA, ECDH, Edwards (X25519, Ed25519ph)
• Symmetric algorithms: AES, AES-GCM, ARIA, Camellia, CAST, RIPEMD160 HMAC, SEED, Triple DES
• Hash/message digest: SHA-1, SHA-2 (224, 256, 384, 512 bit), HAS-160
• Full Suite B implementation with fully licensed ECC, including Brainpool and custom curves
• Elliptic Curve Key Agreement (ECKA) available via Java API and nCore APIs
• Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES) available via Java API, PKCS#11 and nCore APIs

nShield HSMs offers the majority of these cryptographic algorithms as part of the standard feature set. For organizations wishing to use ECC or South Korean algorithms, optional activation licenses are needed.

Supported Platforms

Windows and Linux operating systems including distributions from RedHat, SUSE and major cloud service providers running as virtual machines or in containers.

Solo XC virtual environments supported including VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux  KVM & Citrix XenServer

High Transaction Rates

nShield HSMs boast high elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) and RSA transaction rates. ECC, one of the most efficient cryptographic algorithms, is particularly favored where low power consumption is crucial, such as applications running on small sensors or mobile devices.

Note 1: Performance indicated requires ECDSA fast RNG feature activation available free of charge on request from Entrust Support

Reliability

Calculated at 25°C operating temperature using Telcordia SR-332 “Reliability Prediction Procedure for Electronic Equipment” MTBF Standard.

• Solo XC   726,461 hours