Amazon CloudHSM
AWS CloudHSM is a cloud-based hardware security module (HSM) that enables you to manage cryptographic keys on dedicated FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated, single-tenant HSM instances running within your own VPC for regulatory compliance and data security.
Limited machine-readable signal and partial portal coverage — documentation a human can read, but little a machine or agent can consume without scraping.
API Evangelist profiles Amazon CloudHSM the way a machine reads it — 21 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Amazon CloudHSM scores 35.5/100 (thin), with a separate agent-readiness read of 26/100 (agent aware). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Amazon CloudHSM
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Amazon CloudHSM. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 1
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon CloudHSM API
API for creating and managing CloudHSM clusters and HSM instances for dedicated hardware-based cryptographic key management.
MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
amazon-cloudhsm-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERFeatures 5
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Validated
Dedicated single-tenant HSM instances meeting the highest FIPS validation levels.
Full Key Control
Complete control over cryptographic keys with no AWS access to key material.
Elastic Capacity
Add or remove HSMs from clusters as needed, paying only for active resources hourly.
High Availability
Multi-AZ HSM clusters provide redundancy and automatic failover.
Industry-Standard APIs
Supports PKCS#11, Java JCE, and Microsoft CNG APIs for application integration.
Spectral Rules 1
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Amazon CloudHSM API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Use Cases 5
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Data Encryption
Protect sensitive data with hardware-backed encryption keys.
SSL/TLS Offloading
Manage SSL/TLS certificates and private keys in dedicated HSMs.
Certificate Authority
Secure private CA keys for organizations issuing their own certificates.
Database Encryption
Support transparent data encryption (TDE) for Oracle and SQL Server databases.
Regulatory Compliance
Meet PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other regulatory requirements for key management.
Integrations 5
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Amazon RDS
Use CloudHSM keys for Oracle TDE and SQL Server TDE in RDS.
AWS KMS
Use CloudHSM as a custom key store for AWS KMS operations.
Amazon VPC
HSM instances run inside your VPC for network isolation.
AWS IAM
Control access to HSM cluster management operations.
AWS CloudTrail
Audit HSM management API calls via CloudTrail.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Amazon CloudHSM — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 3
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 5
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 5
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
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