Virtualisation
August 14th, 2010 at 04:25pm
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I recently came across an interesting article on security issues in Cloud Computing, which outlined the key security issues associated with Cloud Computing, and suggests the two key methods of securing these systems are first data tagging to stop data going where it shouldn’t, and second, having a hardware root of trust like the Trusted [...]
Continue Reading Making the cloud secure
Tags: cloud computing
By Ken Y-N
July 21st, 2010 at 04:17pm
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Here’s a keynote speech from Brian Berger of Wave Systems and the Trusted Computing Group talking on issues surround Trusted Cloud Computing, from Cloud Connect 2010. Enjoy!
Continue Reading Brian Berger speaking at Cloud Connect 2010
Tags: brian berger, cloud connect
By Ken Y-N
June 16th, 2010 at 03:40pm
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The All About Microsoft blog on ZDNet had an interesting post regarding a new (and apparently relatively secret) virtualisation project for Cloud Computing. An interesting part is this: Bunker-V is focused on reducing the TCB [Trusted Computing Base] attack surface by minimizing the interface between the TCB and guest VMs by eliminating unnecessary virtual devices. [...]
Continue Reading Bunker-V – secure virtualisation from Microsoft
Tags: cloud computing
By Ken Y-N
June 5th, 2010 at 02:56pm
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I came across an interesting article regarding VMware’s latest version of vSphere supporting a TPM (vSphere is VMware’s infrastructure that supports cloud computing, I think) but the person writing the article had a lot of trouble trying to get the thing to work, and indeed had to give up. However, he was not downhearted: I [...]
Continue Reading VMware and the Trusted Platform Module
Tags: vmware, vsphere
By Ken Y-N
April 14th, 2010 at 04:13pm
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The curiously-named ElasticVapor blog from Reuven Cohen talked about his company, Enomaly, launching their ECP (perhaps Enomaly Cloud Platform) HAE (High Assurance Edition). The article describes the platform helps establish a trusted cloud platform by doing the following: The end customer uses Enomaly’s ECP HAE client, which uses our patented technology to verify the integrity [...]
Continue Reading Enomaly ECP HAE for Trusted Cloud Computing
Tags: cloud computing, enomaly, remote attestation
By Ken Y-N
March 10th, 2010 at 03:59pm
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Steve Riley, Amazon Web Services (AWS) evangelist, at the recent RSA Conference discussed managed encryption services. He talked about having either a hardware security module (HSM) or a software key store in the cloud accessible via an API. There was this comment from the floor: A security strategist with a well-known online payment service said [...]
Continue Reading Amazon adding TPM-like facilities to the cloud?
Tags: amazon
By Ken Y-N
February 9th, 2010 at 03:31pm
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According to a recent press release, General Dynamics have had their Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE) added to the list of approved products for use by the US Department of Defense and intelligence communities. The product is all software and runs on standard off-the-shelf PCs, and, although not stated in the article, it uses a Trusted [...]
Continue Reading General Dynamics get their Trusted Virtual Environment approved
Tags: general dynamics, tve
By Ken Y-N
February 4th, 2010 at 02:46pm
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L4 and its variants is a popular microkernel that can be found in many places, including even right at the bottom of Google’s Android system. So, I was interested to read about a formal proof for seL4, after five years of work by Open Kernel Labs and NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre [...]
Continue Reading Open Kernel Labs’ kernel proved correct
Tags: open kernel labs, sel4
By Ken Y-N
November 26th, 2009 at 01:16pm
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I picked up this release note from OS News about Genode 9.11 being released. It now also supports para-virtualisation of the Linux kernel, as well as many other things. Genode is a spin-off project from the L4 kernel (another spin-off is used in Android) from the TU Dresden OS research group, who also did the [...]
Continue Reading Genode – an L4-based microkernel trusted computing base
Tags: genode, l4, os news
By Ken Y-N
November 25th, 2009 at 03:56pm
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Channel Register recently had a look at the state of play in the virtualisation world, which included this interesting fact: Richard Brown from HP Labs says they have come up with the idea of a bare metal hypervisor which is integrated with a trusted computing module (TCM) fitted to the system the hypervisor is running. [...]
Continue Reading HP building a trusted "bare metal hypervisor"
Tags: channel register, hp, opentc
By Ken Y-N