The designed hardware module entirely eliminates the stored cryptographic keys thus eliminating attacks against stored keys. This study proposes a novel Hardware Security Module (HSM) as a basis for the generation/ re-creation of cryptographic keys. Cryptographic keys suffer from issues including lack of memorability, vulnerable storage mechanisms, key retrieval attacks, lockouts due to key loss and risk of using the same key for multiple services. Increasingly sophisticated attack vectors and low memorability associated with complicated passwords are among the leading reasons limiting security provisioned by passwords. It has been noted with concern that the ability of a password to keep an information system secure is diminishing.
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