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May 06, 2025

Microsoft Azure Cloud Opens Services with FIPS-certified Marvell LiquidSecurity HSMs for Public Preview

By Bill Hagerstrand, Director, Security Business, Marvell

Last year, Marvell announced that the Marvell LiquidSecurity family of cloud-based hardware security modules (HSMs) achieved FIPS 140-3, Level-3 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. FIPS 140-3 certification is mandatory for many financial institutions and government agencies and, until then, had largely only been available with traditional self-managed, on-premises HSMs.

FIPS 140-3 certification also meant that cloud service providers could use LiquidSecurity HSMs to provide a wider range of security services to larger universe of customers.

Microsoft, which uses LiquidSecurity HSMs to power its Azure Key Vault and Azure Key Vault Managed HSM service, said it would begin to incorporate FIPS140-3 certified modules into its infrastructure.

This month, Microsoft began to offer single-tenant HSM services with FIPS 140-3 based services with LiquidSecurity in public preview.

“Every interaction in the digital world from processing financial transactions, securing applications like PKI, database encryption, document signing to securing cloud workloads and authenticating users relies on cryptographic keys. A poorly managed key is a security risk waiting to happen. Without a clear key management strategy, organizations face challenges such as data exposure, regulatory non-compliance and operational complexity,” Microsoft’s Sean Whalen wrote in the Azure Infrastructure blog. “An HSM is a cornerstone of a strong key management strategy, providing physical and logical security to safeguard cryptographic keys.

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