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Product	Entrust nShield HSM by Entrust View product	IBM Key Protect by IBM View product
Overview
What it is	Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.	IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.
Product type	Network Hardware Security Module	Key management service
Best for	Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance	SaaS; SaaS
Data residency	On-premises deployment	Deployment and region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Physical tamper-evident enclosure Hardware cryptographic offload Root-of-trust protection Multi-tenant Cryptographic transaction processing Master key custody Database TDE root	IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle. Key management Encryption Cryptography HSM BYOK Key lifecycle
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds	IBM Cloud
Compliance	FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+	FIPS HSM protection available by tier
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines	IBM Cloud StandardDedicated
Industries	BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Entrust	IBM
Headquarters	Shakopee, Minnesota, USA	Armonk, New York, USA
Company size	2,500+	250,000+
Founded	1969	1911

Entrust nShield HSM

by Entrust

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IBM Key Protect

by IBM

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Overview

What it is

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.

IBM Key Protect

IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.

Product type

Entrust nShield HSM

Network Hardware Security Module

IBM Key Protect

Key management service

Best for

Entrust nShield HSM

Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom

IBM Key Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

Entrust nShield HSM

Contact Vendor

IBM Key Protect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Deployment

Deployment options

Entrust nShield HSM

On-Premise

IBM Key Protect

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance

IBM Key Protect

SaaS; SaaS

Data residency

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises deployment

IBM Key Protect

Deployment and region dependent

Key features

What it offers

Entrust nShield HSM

Physical tamper-evident enclosure
Hardware cryptographic offload
Root-of-trust protection
Multi-tenant
Cryptographic transaction processing
Master key custody
Database TDE root

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle.
Key management
Encryption
Cryptography
HSM
BYOK
Key lifecycle

Platform & access

API access

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Single sign-on (SSO)

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Role-based access (RBAC)

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Multi-tenant

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Mobile app

Entrust nShield HSM

IBM Key Protect

Supported platforms

Entrust nShield HSM

Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud

Compliance

Entrust nShield HSM

FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+

IBM Key Protect

FIPS HSM protection available by tier

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Entrust nShield HSM

PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud StandardDedicated

Industries

Entrust nShield HSM

BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more

IBM Key Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Regions

Entrust nShield HSM

Global

IBM Key Protect

Global

Vendor

Company

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust

IBM Key Protect

IBM

Headquarters

Entrust nShield HSM

Shakopee, Minnesota, USA

IBM Key Protect

Armonk, New York, USA

Company size

Entrust nShield HSM

2,500+

IBM Key Protect

250,000+

Founded

Entrust nShield HSM

1969

IBM Key Protect

1911