Published: 30 Sep 2024

If the private key came into the hands of an attacker, they could use it impersonate a user and gain access to a system.

Skater Private Keys Depot Storage

- Private keys should be stored in hardware-based protection, such as a Hardware Security Module (HSM).
- Skater Private Keys Depot stores private keys in a hardware-backed key store in the cloud.
- Securing your private keys reduces the likelihood of compromise.
- .NET app keys should be encrypted in transit and at rest before export. The key must be encrypted in a way that protects it but allows it to be decrypted after an incident. Skater Private Keys Depot covers these methods.
- This provides tamper-resistant secure storage.
- Private keys for end entities can be stored in the Skater Private Keys Depot.
- When hosting in the cloud, use the cloud-native key storage facilities provided by the Skater Private Keys Depot. Securing your private keys reduces the likelihood of compromise.

Once a private key has been generated, it must be protected so that it can only be used by the identity it represents.

- The private portion should always be kept secure, while the public portion can be distributed to other users in the system.

Skater Private Keys Depot

- Skater Private Keys Depot is a FIPS 140-2 compliant enterprise key manager that helps software development teams meet compliance requirements and protect private information.
- Once data is encrypted, your private information depends on enterprise-level key management to keep that data safe.
- The solution provides high availability, standards-based enterprise encryption key management to a wide range of .NET applications.
- The symmetric encryption key management solution creates, manages, and distributes 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit AES keys for any developed .NET application running on Windows operating system.
- Encryption keys can be restricted based on several criteria.