Case Study: Fortune 500 Utility Company achieves high availability and stronger PKI security with Thales e-Security HSMs

Fortune 500 Utility Sets Up High Availability Public Key Infrastructure In A Geographically Distributed Environment

Fortune 500 Utility Company needed to update its public key infrastructure to support Smart Metering, Smart Grid, BYOD access, and other new services while meeting strict security requirements and keeping systems available across a geographically distributed environment. The company turned to Thales e-Security for high-assurance hardware security modules and related PKI support.

Thales e-Security provided nShield Connect and nShield Edge HSMs, along with Thales Time Stamp Server and guidance from its Advanced Solutions Group, to help configure the PKI across clustered servers on multiple sites. The setup delivered higher availability through redundancy and automated failover, stronger certificate-based authentication for devices, and support for new services such as code signing and time stamping.