Blog posts tagged
"confidential computing"

Hugo Huang
20 September 2023

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

Canonical announcements Article

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 performing computa ...

Felicia Jia
8 September 2023

Meet Canonical at Intel® Innovation 2023

Confidential computing Article

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 software, Intel and Canon ...

ijlal-loutfi
7 September 2023

TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption is coming to Ubuntu

Confidential computing Article

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 ...

Hugo Huang
21 July 2023

Start your SNP VMs on Google Cloud

Cloud and server Article

SEV-SNP is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV-SNP 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 the firmwa ...

ijlal-loutfi
29 June 2023

The founding moments: Tracing the origins of confidential computing

Confidential computing Article

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. Ideas simmer and evolv ...

ijlal-loutfi
28 June 2023

Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs

Ubuntu Article

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
17 June 2023

Is Linux secure?

Confidential computing Security

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 effort into designing ...

ijlal-loutfi
25 April 2023

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

Confidential computing Confidential computing

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 journey to power the con ...

ijlal-loutfi
7 April 2023

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

Confidential computing Confidential computing

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
21 March 2023

Canonical joins the confidential computing consortium

Confidential computing Article

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
22 February 2023

Linux security: your questions, answered

Confidential computing Article

At Canonical, we often get questions about open-source security and of course, Linux security is a common topic. Based on a recent webinar hosted by our security team and an accompanying blog post, we put together the most common questions we receive. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should give you ...

ijlal-loutfi
13 December 2022

What’s confidential, generally available, and open source? It’s Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 on Microsoft Azure!

Confidential computing Confidential computing

On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu 22.04 Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They are part of the Microsoft Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 series that leverage the latest security extensions of the third generation of AMD CPUs, Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging (SEV- ...

Blog posts tagged "confidential computing"

Blog posts tagged
"confidential computing"