--- title: Blog posts tagged "confidential VM" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/confidential-vm --- # Blog posts tagged "confidential VM" #### [Sovereign clouds: enhanced data security with confidential computing](https://canonical.com/blog/sovereign-cloud-confidential-computing) Increasingly, enterprises are interested in improving their level of control over their data, achieving digital sovereignty, and even building their own sovereign cloud. However, this means moving beyond thinking about just where your data is stored to thinking about the entire data lifecycle.  In this blog, we cover the differences betwe --- Confidential computing #### [Join us for Microsoft Ignite](https://canonical.com/blog/join-us-for-microsoft-ignite) The Canonical team is gearing up for the next big gathering at Microsoft Ignite 2024, which will take place from November 18 – 22, 2024. Get ready to dive deep into the latest conversations that will shape the future of cloud and open-source innovation. Expand and secure your Microsoft Ignite journey with a visit to --- Company #### [Deploy confidential computing with Intel® TDX and Ubuntu 24.04 today](https://canonical.com/blog/deploy-confidential-computing-intel-tdx-ubuntu-2404) Discover how to deploy confidential computing with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX) on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Enhance your data security with simplified VM isolation, protecting sensitive data in system memory effortlessly. --- Confidential computing #### [Preview Confidential AI with Ubuntu Confidential VMs and NVIDIA H100 GPUs on Microsoft Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/preview-confidential-ai-azure) Learn about Confidential AI preview on Azure with Ubuntu confidental VMs and Nvidia H100 GPUs, and explore how confidential computing in the cloud transforms AI security, ensuring utmost confidentiality and integrity for sensitive data and models. --- Confidential computing #### [Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure: Introducing Ephemeral OS disks & vTPMs](https://canonical.com/blog/ephemeral-ubuntu-confidential-vms-azure) Canonical introduces ephemeral vTPMs for Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure, Strengthening remote attestation. Explore the evolution of confidential computing, the pivotal role of vTPMs, and Ubuntu’s solution that minimizes reliance on cloud infrastructure while ensuring comprehensive security within your VM’s software stack.” --- Confidential computing #### [Canonical and Intel’s strategic collaboration brings you confidential computing with Intel® TDX on Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/confidential-computing-intel-tdx-ubuntu) 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, such as --- Canonical announcements #### [Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel® TDX are now in public preview on Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-confidential-vms-intel-tdx-azure-public-preview) 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 --- Confidential computing #### [Intel® TDX 1.0 technology preview available on Ubuntu 23.10](https://canonical.com/blog/intel-tdx-1-0-preview-on-ubuntu-23-10) 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 exploiting vulnerabili --- Confidential computing #### [Introducing Confidential VMs on Ubuntu Pro for Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/introducing-confidential-vms-on-ubuntu-pro-for-azure) 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. --- Company #### [The founding moments: Tracing the origins of confidential computing](https://canonical.com/blog/tracing-origins-confidential-computing) 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 --- Confidential computing #### [Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-cyber-security-with-ubuntu-pro-confidential-vms) 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. --- Company #### [Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-confidential-vms-intel-tdx-microsoft-azure-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 --- Confidential computing #### [Build the foundation for your zero trust strategy with Ubuntu confidential computing](https://canonical.com/blog/build-foundation-zero-trust-strategy-ubuntu-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 --- Confidential computing #### [Canonical joins the confidential computing consortium](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-joins-the-confidential-computing-consortium) 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. --- Confidential computing #### [What’s confidential, generally available, and open source? It’s Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 on Microsoft Azure!](https://canonical.com/blog/whats-confidential-generally-available-and-open-source-its-canonical-ubuntu-22-04-on-microsoft-azure) 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- --- Confidential computing #### [Confidential computing in public clouds: isolation and remote attestation explained](https://canonical.com/blog/confidential-computing-in-public-clouds-isolation-and-remote-attestation-explained) In the first part of this blog series, we discussed the run-time (in)security challenge, which can leave your code and data vulnerable to attacks by both the privileged system software of the public cloud infrastructure, as well as its administrators. We also introduced the concept of trusted execution environments and confidential comput --- Confidential computing 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/confidential-vm?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/confidential-vm?format=md&page=2) 4. 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