Trusted Compute Pools with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology

Hardware-based technology for enhancing platform security

Trusted compute pools with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)¹ support IT compliance by protecting virtualized data centers’ private, public, and hybrid clouds against attacks toward hypervisor and BIOS, firmware, and other pre-launch software components.

A feature of the Intel® Xeon® processor, Intel TXT establishes a root of trust through measurements when the hardware and pre-launch software components are in a known good state. Utilizing the result, administrators can set policies for sensitive data and workload placement onto groups of servers known as trusted compute pools.

Validating key component behavior at startup

Why it matters

With Intel TXT, you can:

Run your workload and data on a trusted server.
Protect your workload and data.
Avoid compromising security in the cloud.
Enhance IT compliance.

Industrial and transaction systems

Imagine a piece of manufacturing or retail equipment becoming compromised—possibly manipulated via network, USB flash drive, or an illegal peripheral at boot time. Intel TXT measures and detects these and other manipulations. Using such measurements, systems can be kept from booting.

Visit the Intel® Embedded Design Center to get additional developer-level details and view more industrial automation and retail technology solutions.

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Intel® Trusted Execution Technology white paper

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology provides highly scalable platform security in physical and virtual infrastructures.

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology supporting documents

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology programming guide >

IT@Intel evaluation of Intel® TXT >

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology Server Platforms Availability Matrix >

RSA security brief >

Cloud usage models >

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Videos

What is Intel® TXT, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology?
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology, Intel® TXT (10:47)
Securing the Cloud with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology Usage Models
Securing the Cloud with Intel® TXT Usage Models (7:43)
"Under the Hood" Cloud Security: Isolation & Encryption
IT Security Challenges -- trends and solutions
Trusted Compute Pools for Cloud with Hytrust and Intel® TXT
Demo of trusted compute pools with the Hytrust Appliance* and Intel® TXT (2:32)

ODCA Proof of Concept: OpenStack* Open Source Software for Cloud Computing
Video: IT experts discuss OpenStack proof of concept which aligns with security and carbon footprint usage models from the Open Data Center Alliance.
Trust the Cloud: Intel® TXT, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Trusting the Cloud with Intel® TXT
Intel® Chip Chat Episode 109: Security in the Data Center
Dylan Larson from Intel discusses the importance of data center security. (5:37)
Security Preparation: BIOS Based Root Kit Attack
Synergistic software and hardware prevent, automate detection, and remedy against rootkit attacks.

Cloud Security: Trusted Compute Pools by Intel
Intel describes security and compliance in the cloud. (2:29)
Cloud Security with Intel® TXT, HyTrust, and VMware vSphere*
Trusted compute pools with Intel® TXT
Cloud Security: Built from the Ground Up
Video: Executives from Terremark, VMware, and Intel view how cloud security built into hardware provides robust protections to platforms and data.
Video: Boost Cloud Security with Intel AES New Instructions
Using Intel® AES-NI in cloud reduces code size, execution cycles, vulnerability to attack while boosting performance. (4:20)

Enhancing Security with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Enhancing server and cloud security with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® AES New Instructions Demo
Intel® AES-NI offers new instructions that speed up enterprise encryption and offer better performance, security, and more. (2:30)
Secure Cloud with High-Performing Intel Data Protection Technologies
Learn how Intel® Xeon® processors are increasing performance of computationally intensive cryptographic algorithms to better manage data security.

Product and Performance Information

1. No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) requires a computer with Intel® Virtualization Technology, an Intel TXT-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS, Authenticated Code Modules, and an Intel TXT-compatible measured launched environment (MLE). Intel TXT also requires the system to contain a TPM v1.s. For more information, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/data-security/security-overview-general-technology.html.

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