Get started with KMS and Cloud Hardware Security Module-Key Management Service(KMS)-阿里云帮助中心

Get started with KMS and Cloud Hardware Security Module . Learn how to purchase instances and manage keys, secrets, and HSMs.

Alibaba Cloud offers two data encryption and decryption solutions to protect sensitive data assets.

KMS provides secure, compliant key and secret management. It supports server-side encryption for cloud services and application-level encryption and decryption. Store sensitive data as secrets to prevent leaks from hardcoded credentials.
Cloud Hardware Security Module provides cloud-based data encryption and decryption based on hardware security modules (HSMs). It meets the regulatory requirements of the Chinese mainland, provides Chinese cryptographic algorithm capabilities, and meets the international FIPS 140-2 Level 3 security compliance requirements.

Service	References
KMS	Purchase and enable a KMS instance Key management quickstart Create and manage secrets
Cloud Hardware Security Module	Purchase an HSM instance Use a GVSM (SM Cryptography) HSM Cluster Getting started with an HSM cluster outside the Chinese mainland