# Does Keycloak create and handle user keys?

**URL:** <https://forum.keycloak.org/t/does-keycloak-create-and-handle-user-keys/16829>\
**Category:** Securing applications\
**Tags:** authentication\
**Created:** [August 10, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/does-keycloak-create-and-handle-user-keys/16829 "2022-08-10T03:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![sonlam17](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/forum.keycloak.org/sonlam17/32/6021_2.png) [@sonlam17](https://forum.keycloak.org/u/sonlam17)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/does-keycloak-create-and-handle-user-keys/16829/1 "2022-08-10T03:42:22Z")

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Hi, does anyone tells me this question?  
And Is it possible to store Realms Keys/Private keys in a Hardware Security Module? Or Vaults?