# Import keys with the AWS CloudHSM KMU
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To import secret keys—that is, symmetric keys and asymmetric private keys—into the hardware security module (HSM) using the AWS CloudHSM key\_mgmt\_util, you must first create a wrapping key on the HSM. You can import public keys directly without a wrapping key.

**Topics**
+ [Import secret keys](import-secret-keys.md)
+ [Import public keys](import-public-keys.md)