Intel and Google Cloud have collaborated to create a new product called TDX (Trust Domain Extensions), which provides enhanced security for cloud customers by enabling the creation of multiple trusted execution environments within a single system. TDX is a set of hardware extensions that enables enclaves to be created to protect data and code from being accessed or modified by other software or users. The technology works with Intel’s upcoming third-generation Xeon Scalable processors, which will have built-in support for TDX.
Why it matters: The collaboration between Intel and Google Cloud aims to make it easier for customers to adopt TDX and use it to protect sensitive workloads in the cloud, as well as in other industries where security is critical.
- TDX is designed to work with Intel’s upcoming third-generation Xeon Scalable processors, which will have built-in support for the technology.
- Intel’s in-house hackers did their own audits of TDX, and the company also put TDX through its security practices by inviting researchers to vet the hardware as part of Intel’s bug bounty program.
- TDX can also be used in other industries beyond cloud computing, such as finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, to enhance security and protect against cyber threats.
