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title: Hardware Security Module (HSM) Integration
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-5-0/hardware-security-module-hsm-integration
description: Learn how to secure and manage your digital keys with a Hardware Security Module (HSM) through this comprehensive document. Discover step-by-step instructions for configuring vital HSM settings, including HSM enablement, method, provider classname, keysto
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createdAt: 2022-07-24T14:24:26.000Z
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The Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a physical computing device that safeguards and manages digital keys for strong authentication and provides crypto processing. Kron PAM can encrypt and decrypt data with the key provided by the HSM.

To apply these settings, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to **Administration **> **System Config. Man**.
2. Set these parameters the HSM device provider supplies:
   hsm.enabled, hsm.method, hsm.provider.classname, hsm.keystore.type, hsm.keystore.alias, hsm.keystore.load.password, hsm.keystore.entry.password, hsm.secretkey.algorithm

***Sample configuration parameters***:
**hsm.enabled** = true
**hsm.method** = Client 
**hsm.provider.classname** = com.ncipher.provider.km.nCipherKM
**hsm.keystore.type** = nCipher.sworld
**hsm.keystore.alias** = secureworld
**hsm.keystore.load.password** = xxx
**hsm.keystore.entry.password** = xxx
**hsm.secretkey.algorithm** = AES