Alliances
Infosys & Silence Laboratories | Securing the Next Generation of Digital Assets
Silence Laboratories is a leading provider of cutting edge key management and privacy preserving technology to banks and financial institutions. The deep-tech company is founded and run by cryptographers / technology leaders from MIT, UIUC, NUS, Oracle, Snap, VMware, leading consulting firms, and financial institutions.
Key products, services, and solutions
Silence Laboratories digital asset custody product Silent Shard is on-prem by design and the only one offering multi-HSM custody and production ready PQ (quantum secure) wallets
Cold custody products
Traditional cold walletBank systems (wallet)
Entire key stored in a single HSM connected to the bank back-end system.
Connection can be in multiple ways:
- Bank private network: Always on connection, protected through IP whitelisting. Firewall etc.
- Cross-domain solution (CDS): Always on connection through data diode or other unidirectional data switch.
- Air Gapped: No connection, manual transfer of signature through FIPS certified USB drive.
MPC Cold walletDevice + HSM • Bank systems (wallet)
Key split across HSM and User / Admin device (and potentially with a recovery agent)
- HSM is Air Gapped: No connection, manual transfer of signature through FIPS certified USB drive only to a whitelisted device.
- Admin device is connected with the bank systems/wallet, via private network / Data diodes.
MPC Cold walletMulti HSM • Bank Systems (wallet)
Private key split across 2 or more HSMs
- HSMs can be connected through a private network or be isolated through an HSM host (deployed on site) which handles the communication via a secure network or through data diodes etc.
Custody configurations for payments/actively traded accounts
End user device + Server(2,2) MPC TSS
Private key is split across end user device (phone/browser/wearable) and a cloud node hosted by the enterprise / bank. No single shard can sign a transaction independently.
End user device + multi cloud nodes(t,n) MPC TSS
Private key is split across an end user device (phone/browser/wearable) & multiple cloud nodes hosted by a single enterprise/bank or by multiple entities, including independent recovery agents.
Multi cloud node(t,n) MPC TSS
Private key is split across multiple cloud node hosted by a single enterprise / bank or by multiple entities. User instructs the network to sign through an auth mechanism (passkey, Oauth, SSO, etc)
Highlights of our partnership
This partnership brings together Silence’s best in class custody solution and Infosys’s deep understanding of existing banking infrastructure. The result is a single interface for global banks and financial institutions to develop a digital asset custody stack that is compliant with regulations and builds on or integrates with existing governance/monitoring/reporting systems at the banks
How our collaboration benefits customers
Fully on-prem and compliant digital asset custody stack
Future proof with post quantum tech in production
Comprehensive configuration options for hot and cold custody
(including industry first multi-HSM configs)
Best in class performance for higher TPS and scalability
Dependable solutioning partner with years of experience working
with top banks and financial institutions
Easy integration with existing governance , reporting and auditing
applications
Flexible policies to suit every jurisdiction and compliance
requirements
Faster time to market than building in-house and more
flexible/compliant than existing SaaS based solutions
Fully managed options through Infosys and Silence combined teams
Key achievements, success stories, and any other relevant information
Silence’s solutions are used by banks, consortia, custodians, and wallets worldwide, including BitGo and a US-based GSIB bank.
Silence Laboratories is the only custody infrastructure provider to offer an enterprise-grade, production-ready post-quantum wallet.
For more details, please reach out to
ASKAlliances@infosys.com
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