Confidential Computing and its Importance for Enterprises
What is Confidential Computing?
Confidential Computing is an approach that uses secure enclave technology to enable the creation of a trusted execution environment (TEE) based on security features provided by CPU vendors. A TEE allows for encryption/decryption within the CPUs, memory and data isolation, and other security features that vary by CPU vendor.
Secure Enclaves (TEEs): A Major Advance but Complex to Deploy
Implementing secure enclaves is both complex and costly, requiring the re-architecting of each application. An enclave demands the hands-on participation of engineers and specialists, which raises operating expenses to impractical heights. Each chip and cloud provider created its own solution: Intel SGX, Azure, AMD SEV, AWS Nitro Enclaves, and Google VM. But these efforts, however worthy, created a dizzying field of choices for customers already maintaining on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. They face having to learn each respective TEE technology, which raises overhead in terms of engineering personnel, time, application performance, and cost.
Anjuna® Software: Securing Data by Default
Anjuna® Confidential Computing software requires no re-architecting of applications or kernel. Customers needn’t be concerned about the underlying TEE on the chip or cloud infrastructure level. Applications and whole environments work unmodified within private environments created on public cloud infrastructure. Within minutes, Anjuna automatically creates an isolated and ironclad hardware-encrypted environment in which applications run and extends Confidential Computing hardware technologies to protect data — in use, in transit, and at rest.
Explore These Confidential Computing Use CasesSecure Cloud-Migration
Migrate applications to the cloud with a security posture that exceeds on-premises protection. Anjuna extends hardened security capabilities provided by Confidential Computing technologies and makes any public cloud the safest place for sensitive enterprise applications and data. No more compromise between cloud economics and robust security.
Database Protection
Even secured databases store data unencrypted and exposed in memory. Anjuna assures that both the database and its data operate within the secure confines of an isolated private environment. Cryptographically and physically isolating data from malicious processes and bad actors virtually eliminate the chance of a data breach or exfiltration.
Data Protection
Anjuna delivers the strongest and most complete data security and privacy control available. Sensitive data created, processed, stored, and networked is protected with hardware-rooted zero-trust protection, protecting PII from insiders and bad actors throughout its lifecycle. Data is protected by default, including keys, PII, PHI, PCI, IP, proprietary algorithms, trade secrets, etc.
Crypto MPC & Blockchain Protection
See Yan Michalevsky, CTO and Co-Founder of Anjuna, discuss secure enclaves for blockchain applications, secure storage of cryptographic keys and infrastructure, and challenges in blockchain and cryptocurrency. Anjuna protects MPC applications, digital assets, digital wallets, custodial exchanges, NFTs, and AI/ML algorithms for crypto companies.
Key Management Systems (KMS)
With Confidential Computing, you can now modernize and extend KMS capabilities and shut out access to KMS applications running in isolated environments. Anjuna partners with HashiCorp and Venafi to protect keys and secrets even from attackers with root access from obtaining the authentication credentials.
Hardened DevSecOps
Manual security and audit processes for DevSecOps pipelines can be a primary risk vector for software supply chain compromise. These slow labor-intensive processes can make it challenging to identify pipeline attacks promptly. Using Anjuna to run applications inside secure enclaves provides hardware-based proof of software components’ integrity, protecting the software supply chain more broadly.
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