A look at Trusted Execution Technology
Gradually PCs are arising as the utmost need of tech environment. They are the ultimate stores of data and valuable information. They are linked to internet and intranets and thus pose high risks for security.
The PCs operate on highly sensitive data and are thus very vital from security point of view. To safeguard them, users use all possible tools like Firewall mechanism, spyware or anti virus. But they can assure security from the outsider attacks like malicious users or hackers. But with the growing frequency of innovative solutions, it is not far that software only protections will be evaded in near future thus arising the need of some more sophisticated and innovative security solutions.
To offer a solution for the growing security needs, Intel started with a safer computing initiative named as LaGrande Technology. The technology was renamed as Trusted Execution Technology or TET or TXT. The concept deals with integrating security measures at hardware level. More precisely, TFT is a hardware extension integrated with Intel’s processors and chip sets as a move to enforce security at hardware level to protect crucial data from any software bound attacks to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of data on PC.
