Decommissioning, Zeroizing, Re-imaging, or Resetting an HSM to Factory Conditions

During the lifetime of a SafeNet Luna HSM, you might have cause to take the HSM out of service, and wish to perform actions to ensure that no trace of your sensitive material remains. Those events might include:

>Placing the unit into storage, perhaps as a spare

>Shipping to another location or business unit in your organization

>Shipping the unit back to Gemalto for repair/re-manufacture

>Removing the HSM permanently from operational use, for disposal at end-of-life

This chapter describes the available options in the following sections:

>Zeroization

>Decommissioning the HSM Appliance

>Resetting to Factory Condition

>Re-Imaging the Appliance to Factory Baseline

>Comparing Zeroize, Decommission, Re-image, and Factory Reset

>End of Service and Disposal

>Comparison of Destruction/Denial Actions

>Effects on Functionality Modules  

>RMA and Shipping Back to Thales