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New standards and regulations require the provisioning of digital identities in electronic devices. Several solutions exist for generating and provisioning digital certificates, the most common being:
At first glance, these options seem viable. However, hidden costs and operational challenges quickly emerge.
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The Pitfalls of Cloud KMS Solutions
Cloud KMS providers offer low-cost certificates, but several drawbacks arise:
- Secure transport: Certificates must be securely delivered to the production site.
- Private key handling: Sensitive data must also be transferred, requiring a highly secure storage solution at the factory.
- Data conversion: Decryption, format conversion, and address mapping add complexity.
- Service dependency: Availability depends on internet access and the KMS provider's reliability.
- Service longevity: Some well-known KMS services have been discontinued for strategic or geopolitical reasons.
- Security risks: Certificates and keys are stored externally, increasing exposure to SaaS cyberattacks.
- Limited support: Low-cost services offer no guarantees or technical assistance.
The Challenges of In-House Solutions
Managing your own certificate generation grants full control, but at a higher cost than expected:
- Expertise required: A security specialist must be hired or reassigned, diverting focus from core business activities.
- Long-term maintenance: Continuous updates are needed to mitigate evolving cyber threats.
- Key storage security: Protecting certificates private keys and CA keys requires an expensive and complex HSM.
- Industrialization efforts: Implementing, testing, and refining the solution delays production and inflates costs.
tops advantages
tops offers a secure, cost-effective, and fully automated provisioning solution, allowing you to focus on your core expertise.
Developed by cybersecurity experts over many years, tops eliminates the hidden costs and risks associated with other methods.
With tops, you gain:
✔ Enhanced security – Proven protection against cyber threats and key storage.
✔ Simplified implementation – No need for in-house expertise.
✔ Cost reduction – A fraction of the expense of other solutions.
✔ Sovereignty – You own the keys and CA, with no external dependencies.
✔ Seamless automation – Secure provisioning at scale.
Don't compromise on security or efficiency. Don't loose the focus on your core expertise.
Choose tops for a proven and sustainable provisioning solution.
tops a complete range of products
tops a complete range of products for all use cases:
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| Appliance | Secure Industrial computer | Secure Industrial computer | Virtual Machine | SaaS |
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On-premise Close to production line |
On-premise Close to production line |
On-premise In your infrastructure |
Shared cloud Option: dedicated cloud |
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Programming machines / projects number |
1/1 |
4 / unlimited |
50 / unlimited |
10 / unlimited |
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Security |
High - Based on TPM |
High - Based on TPM |
High - HSM (1) |
High - HSM |
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Full feature |
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✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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Business model |
Credits (pay-per-use) |
Annual license or Credits |
Annual license |
Annual license |
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Budgetary pricing - One time fees |
1000 € |
6000 € (2) |
2000 € (2)(4) |
0 € |
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- Provisioning recurring fees: |
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Annual license / Credits |
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10K |
2500 € (3) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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25K |
N/A |
12 000 € / 0.48€ per unit |
12 000 € |
10 000 € |
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50K |
N/A |
14 500 € / 0.29€ per unit |
14 500 € |
12 000 € |
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100K |
N/A |
18 000 € / 0.18€ per unit |
18 000 € |
15 000 € |
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Annual maintenance |
Free 1st year |
included / 2000 € |
included |
included |
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Support |
Option |
10 tickets per year |
10 tickets per year |
10 tickets per year |
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(1): depend on your hardware |
(3): at the end of credits, possibility to add new credits, multiple of 10K and at a decreasing price |