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Home Projects My Learning Plans Secure Comms Phase 5: HSM + AWS Private CA

Phase 5 Week 1: HSM fundamentals + PKCS#11

  • Day 1: What Is an HSM? Hardware Security and Key Custody
  • Day 2: PKCS#11 — The Interface Between Software and Hardware
  • Day 3: SoftHSM2 + cryptoki — First Steps
  • Day 4: Sign and Verify with a PKCS#11 Key
  • Day 5: Key Ceremony — Offline Root CA and Quorum Control
  • Day 6: AWS CloudHSM Architecture
  • Day 7: Week 1 Challenge — Key Ceremony Simulation + PKCS#11 Exploration
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