# Hardware security for Device authentication

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** yocto\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292 "2021-03-03T11:38:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaithanya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@chaithanya](https://hub.mender.io/u/chaithanya)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292/1 "2021-03-03T11:38:10Z")

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Hi mender team,

I would like to test hardware security for device authentication feature in i.MX8QM board.  
Can I use CAAM as HSM?  
How to proceed and what are the steps to be followed?

Thanks & Regards,  
Chaithanya

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**Author:** ![drewmoseley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/drewmoseley/32/47_2.png) [@drewmoseley](https://hub.mender.io/u/drewmoseley)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292/2 "2021-03-03T18:17:46Z")

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It definitely won’t work out of the box. You will need to first get OpenSSL working with CAAM. [This link from NXP](https://www.nxp.com.cn/docs/en/application-note/AN12632.pdf) may be helpful.

The Mender documentation on this feature is [here](https://docs.mender.io/overview/security#hardware-security).

Drew