ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,737, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD (Singapore).

"Hardware security module adapter system, method and device with active switch" was invented by Jon Cameron Grant Curet (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Daniel Wong (San Gabriel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hardware security module system, method and device including one or more switches and a circuit board having pairs of security contact pads coupled with encryption/decryption and security components for determining if an unwanted physical access of the circuit board is occurring and disabling or erasing sensitive encryption/decryption data to prevent the...