Fortanix Armor - Solutions

1.0 Introduction

This article provides a high-level overview of Fortanix Armor solutions - Key Insight, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Fortanix-Data-Security-Manager (DSM).

2.0 Access Fortanix Armor Solutions

After logging in, you can access all the available solutions on the Fortanix Armor platform.

To access the available solutions:

Select an account on the Accounts page.
Click GO TO ACCOUNT.
Figure 1: Access Fortanix Armor account
You will be navigating to the Available Solutions page to access the required solution.
Figure 2: Access available solutions
For the selected account, you can also directly access the required solution from the Solutions drop down.
Figure 3: Access Fortanix Armor available solutions from the Solutions dropdown
NOTE
You cannot select the solution when it is not available due to internal errors or technical issues, as it is temporarily unavailable until the issues are resolved.
Figure 4: The decativated solution

2.1 Identity and Access Management

The Identity & Access Management solution displays the number of Users and Groups associated with the selected Fortanix Armor account.

Click GO TO IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT to access the Fortanix IAM user interface. For more information on Fortanix Armor IAM, refer to Fortanix Armor - Identity and Access Management.

NOTE
IAM is a global solution. All IAM objects (users, accounts, groups, sessions, and so on) are globally accessible and can reference resources from any Fortanix Armor region.

2.2 Key Insight

Fortanix Key Insight™ supports regional data storage, enabling you to meet data sovereignty requirements by choosing where your Fortanix Key Insight data is stored.

On the Key Insight^TM section,

Select the required Fortanix Key Insight region from the Region drop down. The supported regions are European Union (EU) and North America (NA).
The number of existing Connections configured in the selected region (if any) is displayed.
NOTE
- European Union is selected by default.
- Data for each Fortanix Key Insight region is stored in data centres within that geographic region. Data from one region is isolated from data in other regions.
- Although data is stored regionally, all regions share the same global IAM instance.
- The Fortanix Key Insight user interface (UI) displays data based on the currently selected region.
Figure 5: Select the region
Click GO TO KEY INSIGHT to,
- Create a new cloud, on-premises, or external key source connection if no connection exists yet for the selected region.
  For more information about configuring a connection, refer to the following:
- Access the Fortanix Key Insight Overview page if you have already configured a connection. For more information, refer to Fortanix Key Insight guides.

NOTE
An Account Administrator must configure the first Fortanix Key Insight connection in a selected region. Account Members can view and select regions, but cannot set up connections until the initial configuration is completed by an Account Administrator.

2.3 Data Security Manager

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) is the world’s first cloud service secured with Intel® SGX. With Fortanix DSM, you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys, certificates, and other secrets, such as passwords, API keys, tokens, or any other type of data.

The Data Security Manager^TM software as a service (SaaS) solution is available now as a separate product.

On the Data Security Manager^TM section,

Select the required Fortanix DSM region from the Region drop down.
The supported regions are European Union, North America, United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.
Click GO TO DATA SECURITY MANAGER to access the Fortanix DSM SaaS UI for the selected region. For more information, refer to the Fortanix DSM guides.