# Where are the keys stored?
**URL:** https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427
**Category:** Developer Discussion
**Tags:** getting-started
**Created:** [September 13, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427 "2024-09-13T01:14:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@alexandre.makiyama](https://community.fireblocks.com/u/alexandre.makiyama)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427/1 "2024-09-13T01:14:11Z")
Hi,
On the Fireblocks Direct custody wallet, where are the key shares of the “3-of-3 multi-party computation (MPC) signature scheme algorithm” stored?
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### Author:  [@yoji](https://community.fireblocks.com/u/yoji)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427/2 "2024-09-13T17:05:40Z")
Hey @alexandre.makiyama – one key share is stored by the workspace owner, and the remaining shares are stored across multiple tier-1 cloud environments to ensure an extra layer of security even if one of the physical data centers is compromised. Nevertheless, these shares cannot be extracted even if malware or a hacker has control over the server’s OS – as the memory space and the data in the SGX enclave are encrypted.
You can find more information on [this Developer Portal page](https://developers.fireblocks.com/docs/what-is-fireblocks#layer-1-mpc-cmp).
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### Author:  [@alexandre.makiyama](https://community.fireblocks.com/u/alexandre.makiyama)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427/3 "2024-09-13T18:56:38Z")
Hi @yoji , thanks for the reply.
So, I understand that this key share hold by the workspace owner is the same as the “third MPC key share” mentioned at [Fireblocks Key Features & Capabilities](https://developers.fireblocks.com/docs/capabilities#hot-warm-and-cold-mpc-cmp-wallets), am I right?
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### Author:  [@yoji](https://community.fireblocks.com/u/yoji)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://community.fireblocks.com/t/where-are-the-keys-stored/1427/4 "2024-09-17T03:02:00Z")
That’s right–although I will also clarify that the owner can create additional “third” key shares for users. This way, an API user can hold a key share for the Hot workspace setup, or other users can have keys to sign operations themselves.