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Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 About Certificates ................................................................................................................... 4 The Principles for Secure Certificate Storage ................................................................... 5 Challenges in the Field ........................................................................................................... 6 Advantages of CodeMeter Certificate Vault ....................................................................... 6 CodeMeter Certificate Vault in Use ...................................................................................... 6 The Technology in CodeMeter Certificate Vault ................................................................. 7 Unique Capabilities of CodeMeter Certificate Vault .......................................................... 9 CodeMeter Certificate Vault Dongle used in User Mode ................................................... 11 CodeMeter Certificate Vault Dongle Used in ISV Mode ..................................................... 11 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 11 Terminology ............................................................................................................................ 11
About the Author
Since 2013 , Marco Blume has been with WIBU-SYSTEMS AG as Product / R & D Manager for the embedded product line . His work covers the range of protection concerns for embedded systems and includes the development of custom concepts for manufacturers and contributions to active research ventures . He has spent his entire career with different embedded systems , including 11 years as product manager for the security of ATMs and checkout systems and previous responsibilities as embedded specialist for video systems and industrial automation .
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