Trusted Computing Group
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Blueprint for more-secure servers released
News "Trusted servers" with a special security chip should better protect data and transactions, an industry group says.
Tags: Servers, Data security
Something fishy's going on
Insight Counterpane CTO Bruce Schneier says Microsoft is stalling the adoption of a best-practices document on software security to make sure it doesn't apply to the next version of Windows.
Tags: Data security, Microsoft Windows
Can you trust "trusted computing"?
Insight The PR about trusted computing is that it will enable more secure data storage, online business practices, and online commerce transactions, all while protecting privacy and individual rights.
Coming soon: Full-disk encryption for all
Techguide A lot has been written about full-disk encryption and its positive impact on reducing data theft. However, for a host of reasons, many organizations and data centers have yet to adopt the technology.
Tags: Personal storage, Authentication and encryption, Security, Western Digital Corp., Specification, Trusted Computing Group, Encryption, User Data, Storage, removable storage
TCG publishes draft storage specification
News Trusted Computing Group is developing a specification to support a range of security services on hard drives, flash, tape and optical storage devices.
Tags: Storage, Security implementation/standards
Cisco takes NAC software open source
News Source code for the Cisco Trust Agent is released to the open-source community as Microsoft pushes its competing NAP software.
Tags: Security, Network security, Open source
Tech giants put chips on security alliance
News A bevy of the biggest computer hardware and software companies, formerly members of the Trusted Computer Platform Alliance (TCPA), announced on Tuesday that they had reconstituted themselves under a new name: the Trusted Computing Group.
TCG: Mobiles need hardware-based security and DRM
Techguide Security standards for devices are needed to safeguard data from loss, theft and abuse.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Bluetooth, Policy and management
New security proposed for do-it-all phones
News Trusted Computing Group is set to lay out new hardware-based security standard for mobile phones.
Tags: Business security, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Smart phones, Data security, PDA phones, Mobile commerce, Applications and tools
Seagate bakes security into hard-disk drive
News Company pitches "DriveTrust" tech as a simpler, quicker way to safeguard data stored on laptops.
Tags: Components, Authentication and encryption
Tech companies submit crypto standard to Oasis
News Seven technology companies have developed a specification that the group hopes will improve encryption-key management interoperability.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business ethics, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Security, Specification, Seagate Technology LLC, Encryption, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Storage
IBM gives nod to Wave security tools
News Wave Systems' new security applications get a stamp of approval from Big Blue, a boon for the software maker's bid to pull in corporate business.
PC hardware can pose rootkit threat
News Memory space on components such as graphics cards, DVD drives and batteries can be used by miscreants to load malicious code onto PCs.
Network Associates joins standards group
News As part of the Trusted Computing Group, the security software company aims to work on open standards for technologies designed to protect data and networks.
Trusted computing comes with a warning
News Cryptographers and security firms took opposite sides over the potential privacy dangers of trusted computing, an initiative to use encryption to secure information from hackers and, in some cases, the PC's user.
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