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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Preston Lightner Norum, Herndon, VA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0485 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); H04L 63/0471 (2013.01); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 2209/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual cryptographic module is used to perform cryptographic operations. The virtual cryptographic module may include a fleet of cryptographic modules and a load balancer that determines when a cryptographic module should be added to or removed from the fleet. The fleet size may be adjusted based on detecting a set of conditions that includes the utilization level of the fleet. One or more cryptographic modules of the fleet may be used to fulfill requests to perform cryptographic operations. A cryptographic module may be a hardware security module ('HSM').