Making the cloud secure

August 14th, 2010 at 04:25pm Under Virtualisation

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 [...]

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IF-Map is Facebook for endpoint devices

August 1st, 2010 at 03:51pm Under TNC

An interesting article on the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Infrastructure-Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP) specification has the curious quote that I have used as the title for this article: "IF-Map is Facebook for endpoint devices," said Matt Webster, product management director at Lumeta and cochair of TCG’s Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup, which developed the IF-MAP [...]

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Further benefits of Opal on Solid State Drives

July 26th, 2010 at 04:26pm Under Storage

A recent article by Thomas Coughlin for the Gerson Lehrman Group discussed a few reasons why the Trusted Computing Group’s Opal specification for self-encrypting drives is also applicable to solid state (Flash) drives. Two benefits that I hadn’t realised were available are 1) the cryptographic secure erasure feature of Opal, zapping the decryption keys in [...]

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Brian Berger speaking at Cloud Connect 2010

July 21st, 2010 at 04:17pm Under Virtualisation

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!

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Flash memory security issues

July 20th, 2010 at 04:07pm Under Storage

With solid state drives based around Flash memory becoming more and more popular in not just portable computers but also in desktops, the question of securing them also becomes more and more important. On Monday 16th of August 2010 there will be a Flash Security Workshop as a pre-conference event at the Flash Summit in [...]

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Mister Reiner doesn’t like the TCG web site

July 6th, 2010 at 04:01pm Under Advocacy

There’s an interesting blog post that came to my attention, where Mister Reiner decides to visit the Trusted Computing Group’s web site, but finds he doesn’t like it. I agree with most of his criticisms, and I’ve chucked in my two cents. Please pay him a visit too.

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Open Kernel Labs and Sirrix produce a Mobile Trusted Platform

July 2nd, 2010 at 03:17pm Under MTM

The site Mobile Dev and Design recently published an article describing a collaboration between Open Kernel Labs and Sirrix Security Technology to produce a secure mobile computing environment. The outline of the platform says: The joint prototype will run on readily available N900 mobile hardware and integrate the Sirrix Turaya Security Kernel (encryption, VPN, MTM/attestation, [...]

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Trusted identity ecosystem proposed for the USA

June 28th, 2010 at 03:55pm Under Advocacy+ TPM

A draft from the US Government proposes an "identity ecosystem", according to this post on Government Computer News. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace discusses how both the public and private sector can use a trusted identity for more secure online transactions. The big picture is: In the envisioned identity ecosystem individuals, organizations, [...]

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Why you want hardware-based disk encryption

June 28th, 2010 at 03:09pm Under Storage

A recent post on Computer Technology Review by Robert Thibadeau, Ph.D. from Wave Systems on behalf of the Trusted Computing Group listed a number of reasons why one should encrypt notebook computers, and why a hardware solution such as the Opal specification from the Trusted Computing Group is the best. It reports a study: One [...]

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Nokia Research Center on Mobile Trusted Module

June 28th, 2010 at 01:57pm Under MTM

I noticed recently that Jan-Erik Ekberg from the Nokia Research Center has written a chapter for the book Trust Modeling and Management in Digital Environments: From Social Concept to System Development. His chapter is entitled Mobile Trusted Computing Based on MTM, and describes amongst other things his work at Nokia on the Mobile Trusted Module, [...]

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