Futurex PKI & CA Solutions
Overview
Futurex’s PKI and CA solutions provide digital signing, EMV certificate authority, IoT device identity, and offline root CA capabilities, all integrated with Futurex HSMs and key management servers. These solutions address organisations that need high-assurance certificate issuance and management with direct HSM integration, ensuring that CA private keys are protected within the same platform that provides key lifecycle management.
Unsung implements Futurex PKI and CA solutions for UK customers that require tightly integrated HSM and certificate authority infrastructure, particularly in payment, government, and critical infrastructure environments where the separation between HSM and CA platforms introduces unwanted complexity.
The Challenge
Many PKI deployments involve separate products for the certificate authority and the HSM that protects its keys. This separation creates integration complexity and introduces potential points of failure at the interface between the two systems. Organisations that already operate Futurex HSMs for key management or payment cryptography may benefit from extending the same platform to deliver PKI and CA services, reducing the number of separate vendors and management interfaces in their cryptographic infrastructure.
Specific use cases such as offline root CAs, EMV certificate authorities for payment card authentication, and IoT device identity issuance at scale each have particular requirements for HSM integration, key ceremony support, and high-throughput certificate operations that benefit from tight platform integration.
What It Does
Futurex’s PKI and CA capabilities enable organisations to operate certificate authority services directly integrated with Futurex HSM infrastructure. Offline root CA support provides the air-gapped key ceremony and certificate signing capabilities required for high-assurance trust hierarchies. EMV CA functionality supports payment scheme requirements for card authentication certificate issuance and management.
IoT device identity capabilities address large-scale certificate provisioning for connected devices, leveraging the platform’s HSM infrastructure for key generation and protection at volume. Digital signing services provide certificate-based signing operations integrated with the key management platform. All PKI and CA functions share the Base Architecture Model, enabling consistent management and scaling across on-premises deployments or cloud delivery via VirtuCrypt.
How Unsung Helps
Unsung helps clients assess whether an integrated HSM and CA platform approach suits their requirements, and implements Futurex PKI solutions within their existing cryptographic infrastructure. Our PKI Design & Build service covers the design and deployment of certificate authority environments integrated with HSM platforms, including key ceremony planning and operational procedures.
Related Unsung Services
PKI Design & Build — Design and implementation of integrated HSM and CA environments.
Hardware Security Modules — HSM deployment and key ceremony support for CA infrastructure.
PKI Consultancy — Advisory on PKI architecture and integrated cryptographic platforms.
Certificate Lifecycle Management — Lifecycle management for certificates issued by Futurex CA infrastructure.
