Entrust Corporation

Entrust Datacard Corporation

Benoit Lemercier

Kent Landerholm

Vishal Arora

Tim Zurn

Scott Kullman

Jon Wittmayer

Jeffrey Davison

Daniel A Sanden

Methods and systems for remote, asynchronous key entry and extraction are provided. A credential device can store a first key thereon, and can store an encrypted key component. A hardware security module manages a key template including a plurality of key components. The hardware security module manages a complementary key to the first key. The key component on the credential device can be encrypted with the first key for storage on the credential device and decrypted by the complementary key at the hardware security module. Alternately, the key component can be encrypted with the complementary key and provided to the credential device for decryption at a secure system via the first key. Accordingly, a key custodian may supply or extract a key component at a hardware security module remotely and at a time convenient to that key custodian.

Remote asynchronous key entry

A system and method for remote monitoring and management of an instant issuance system is provided. The embodiments provide secure communication between different entities within the instant issuance system. Security can be established via mutual authentication between the communicating entities of the instant issuance system prior and/or concurrent with a communication taking place.

Remote monitoring and management of an instant issuance system

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Benoit Lemercier