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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2018
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Juxiang Teng, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Muhammad Durrani, San Jose, CA (US);
Imam Sheikh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lance Weaver, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brian J. Lillie, Los Altos, CA (US);
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for securely, efficiently, and/or effectively providing cryptographic operations and key management services. Systems in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure may provide secure management of cryptographic keys as service to a plurality of data center users or customers that contract for services provided by a data center. In one example, this disclosure describes a data center comprising a plurality of cloud service provider ports, a plurality of customer ports, network infrastructure coupling the plurality of cloud service provider ports to the plurality of customer ports, and a computing system including at least one hardware security module.