Futurex
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Futurex LP, commonly referred to as Futurex, is a privately held Texas
-based information technology
company specialized in cryptography
.
Futurex provides data encryption solutions for financial institutions, retailers, and terminal manufacturers . Their principal product lines have included industry compliant hardware security modules
, key management
systems, key injection devices, and disaster recovery and load balancing systems.
The company’s current products include the SSP Series universal hardware security modules, SKI Series point-of-sale key management and clean room injection modules, and KMS Series key management and remote key loading solution.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
-based information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
company specialized in cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
.
Futurex provides data encryption solutions for financial institutions, retailers, and terminal manufacturers . Their principal product lines have included industry compliant hardware security modules
Hardware Security Module
A hardware security module is a type of secure cryptoprocessor targeted at managing digital keys, accelerating cryptoprocesses in terms of digital signings/second and for providing strong authentication to access critical keys for server applications...
, key management
Key management
Key management is the provisions made in a cryptography system design that are related to generation, exchange, storage, safeguarding, use, vetting, and replacement of keys. It includes cryptographic protocol design, key servers, user procedures, and other relevant protocols.Key management concerns...
systems, key injection devices, and disaster recovery and load balancing systems.
The company’s current products include the SSP Series universal hardware security modules, SKI Series point-of-sale key management and clean room injection modules, and KMS Series key management and remote key loading solution.