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Ledger announced recently on their blog that the Nano S, a hardware wallet the company is selling, has received CSPN Certification from the Agence Nationale de Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (National Agency for Information Systems Security), a French security agency.
The Ledger Nano S is now the only hardware wallet on the market to receive any form of security certification. The CSPN Certification was established in 2008 and tests the device across several categories, such as firewall, identification, authentication and access, secure communications and embedded software. Each of these categories is tested by researchers at the ANSSI, who put the device through rigorous attack scenarios before certification is granted.
Ledger CEO Eric Larchevêque is quoted in the blog:
"We are proud to announce this independent certification from ANSSI... At Ledger, security is paramount, and while anyone can claim to have a secure product, it means much more coming from a trusted third party. This is an important milestone for Ledger, but it is only the starting point of a broader effort to certify all our products."
This should give consumers a good deal of confidence in the hardware wallet, as the certification is from a third party source. Still, it is up to each user whether they feel they can trust hardware created by one or another company. Will the Ledger Nano S live up to its certification? Stick with Chepicap for all updates!
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