Thales Announces Integration of nShield with Citrix NetScaler
April 2015 by Marc Jacob
Thales announces the integration of its nShield hardware security module (HSM) with Citrix NetScaler, an industry leading Application Delivery Controller (ADC) with TriScale technology, used in application delivery and desktop virtualization in the world’s largest cloud networks.
Business critical applications handling sensitive information require robust security not only for compliance but to protect against targeted external attacks. SSL is the default means of encrypting data on the internet and internal networks. With an increasing proportion of connections managed by NetScaler encryption, Thales nShield HSMs provide an additional layer of security for SSL keys. Thales nShield HSMs ensure that the SSL keys used to secure all critical connections are not only protected, but can be trusted. Citrix NetScaler together with Thales nShield HSMs offers security-conscious customers an additional layer of security for their SSL keys to comply with corporate security requirements and government mandates as they encrypt their network and application traffic.
Thales nShield HSMs, certified to FIPS 140-2 level 3, provide tamper-resistant cryptographic key generation and management and integrate seamlessly with the Citrix NetScaler application delivery controller. By ensuring the cryptographic keys and certificates are used only for their authorized purposes, operational risk is reduced. The robust key management, storage and redundancy features offered by nShield guarantee availability of critical keys to support increasingly demanding transaction rates.