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What distinguishes a hardware security module from software key storage?

• Secure design
• Cryptography

1. It uses stronger algorithms
2. It rotates keys automatically on a schedule
3. It stores keys in plaintext for faster access
4. It performs operations internally so the private key never appears in host memory

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