ProtectionLevel

ProtectionLevel specifies how cryptographic operations are performed. For more information, seeProtection levels.

Enums
PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSPECIFIEDNot specified.
SOFTWARECrypto operations are performed in software.
HSMCrypto operations are performed in a Hardware Security Module.
EXTERNALCrypto operations are performed by an external key manager.
EXTERNAL_VPCCrypto operations are performed in an EKM-over-VPC backend.
HSM_SINGLE_TENANTCrypto operations are performed in a single-tenant HSM.

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