DuoKey elimates the need for Hardware Security Modules

The jointly developed solution leverages Sepior’s Threshold Key Management System and DuoKey’s integration with DKE for Microsoft 365 to allow customers to maintain full control of their encryption keys. The solution uses two keys to protect data; one key managed securely by the customer in DuoKey and a second key stored in Microsoft Azure. Viewing data protected with DKE requires access to both keys. Since Microsoft can access only one of these keys, protected data remains inaccessible to Microsoft, ensuring that customers have full control over their data privacy and security.

Traditional best practices would require the enterprise to use their own Key Management System (KMS) backed up by a Hardware Security Module (HSM) to securely store keys under their control. DuoKey’s offering delivered as a service provides an alternative for achieving enterprise-grade key security using Sepior’s Multiparty Computation (MPC) technology for Threshold Key Management.

Microsoft DKE has been requested by DuoKey’s customers in countries like Switzerland where regulation and compliance rules for banks are strict about controlling encryption keys. Microsoft’s understanding and dedication to creating new innovative services that support highly-regulated environments like financial services and healthcare allows DuoKey customers to move securely to public cloud services such as Office 365.

“We are incredibly excited to bring this new service to the market through Microsoft’s Office 365 Marketplace,” said Nagib Aouini, chief executive officer and founder of DuoKey. “Our service empowers our customers to increase the security of their most critical Office 365 data, giving them total control, while making it far easier, faster, and lower in cost to provide that control.”

Founded in 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland, DuoKey is a cybersecurity innovator founded by experienced entrepreneurs and cryptographers. DuoKey is part of the Tech4Trust accelerator at the Swiss TrustValley.