confidential computing

Canonical
14 December 2023

Canonical and Intel’s strategic collaboration brings you confidential computing with Intel® TDX on Ubuntu

Article Canonical announcements

Ensuring data security at run-time has long been an open computing challenge and a tough problem to solve. This gap arises because data must be decrypted in system memory for processing, even when it is stored encrypted. This exposes it to a large attack surface of threats posed by potentially malicious system software,...

Canonical
14 December 2023

ijlal-loutfi
12 December 2023

Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel® TDX are now in public preview on Azure

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Discover the enhanced security of Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure. With Intel TDX technology which encrypt your workloads at run time. Explore the public preview today and experience a new level of cloud security

ijlal-loutfi
12 December 2023

ijlal-loutfi
3 November 2023

Intel® TDX 1.0 technology preview available on Ubuntu 23.10

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Today’s security landscape faces a significant challenge: the lack of adequate protection for data in active use. Data breaches can happen at runtime (that is, when computation is taking place on a machine’s main memory), stemming from a range of vectors such as malicious insiders with elevated privileges or hackers...

ijlal-loutfi
3 November 2023

Jehudi
26 October 2023

Introducing Confidential VMs on Ubuntu Pro for Azure

Article Ubuntu

Unlock unparalleled security for your Azure-based enterprise workloads with the integration of Ubuntu Pro and Confidential VMs. Benefit from 10-year ESM, Kernel Livepatch, and runtime data encryption for a robust, full-spectrum security solution.

Jehudi
26 October 2023

Hugo Huang
20 September 2023

Start your Ubuntu Confidential VM with Intel® TDX on Google Cloud

Article Canonical announcements

Confidential computing directly addresses the question of trust between cloud providers and their customers, with guarantees of data security for guest machines enforced by the underlying hardware of the cloud. According to the Confidential Computing Consortium, confidential computing is the protection of data in use by...

Hugo Huang
20 September 2023

Felicia Jia
8 September 2023

Meet Canonical at Intel® Innovation 2023

Article Confidential computing

Intel® Innovation, one of Intel®’s flagship developer events, continues to span the worlds of architecture innovation, software tools and technology & research. Canonical is proud to be the silver sponsor in 2023 and will demonstrate our joint solutions from cloud to the edge. As industry leaders in hardware and...

Felicia Jia
8 September 2023

ijlal-loutfi
7 September 2023

TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption is coming to Ubuntu

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Discover Ubuntu’s latest security enhancement: TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption (FDE). This experimental feature in Ubuntu 23.10 offers improved data protection without the need for passphrases

ijlal-loutfi
7 September 2023

Hugo Huang
21 July 2023

Start your SEV VMs on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

SEV is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV provides a new level of protection for firmware by encrypting the memory pages that contain the firmware code. This makes it much more difficult for attackers to gain access to...

Hugo Huang
21 July 2023

ijlal-loutfi
29 June 2023

The founding moments: Tracing the origins of confidential computing

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In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” there is a memorable exchange between the author and the main character, Mike. When asked how he went bankrupt, Mike responds with a concise yet profound answer: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Innovation happens much in the same way. Gradually, then suddenly....

ijlal-loutfi
29 June 2023

ijlal-loutfi
28 June 2023

Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs

Confidential computing Ubuntu

Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs. This blog dives into the crucial role your OS plays in cloud security and highlights the extensive security measures offered by Ubuntu, including the game-changing confidential computing technology.

ijlal-loutfi
28 June 2023

ijlal-loutfi
17 June 2023

Is Linux secure?

Security Confidential computing

Operating system security is the upper bound of your application security Meet Pal. Pal is a senior developer working at PalBank. For the next 6 months, Pal will be responsible for leading the development of the bank’s web application client, which will be used daily by millions of customers. Pal invests considerable...

ijlal-loutfi
17 June 2023

ijlal-loutfi
25 April 2023

Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure

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On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is an important milestone in Ubuntu’s...

ijlal-loutfi
25 April 2023

ijlal-loutfi
7 April 2023

Build the foundation for your zero trust strategy with Ubuntu confidential computing

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Why do we want to eliminate trust? Isn’t trust a good thing that we should foster and grow? And shouldn’t computing platforms trust their end-users, and vice versa? The short answer is no. And I would argue that the very goal of system security has always been to reduce trust. For instance, because you do

ijlal-loutfi
7 April 2023

ijlal-loutfi
21 March 2023

Canonical joins the confidential computing consortium

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We are happy to announce we have joined the confidential computing consortium, a project community at the Linux Foundation that is focused on accelerating the adoption of confidential computing and driving cross-industry collaboration around relevant open source software, standards and tools.

ijlal-loutfi
21 March 2023

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