Are you hes­i­tat­ing to move to the cloud?

Com­pa­nies prepar­ing to dig­i­tal­ly trans­form their orga­ni­za­tion, incor­po­rate more flex­i­bil­i­ty into their work and improve over­all col­lab­o­ra­tion and effi­cien­cy, start by switch­ing from on-premise hard­ware to the cloud. There­fore, a trust­wor­thy cloud ser­vice provider with high-end cloud secu­ri­ty in place is cru­cial to any com­pa­ny think­ing of switch­ing to the cloud. Cloud secu­ri­ty is a crit­i­cal com­po­nent for deci­sion-mak­ers since more and more orga­ni­za­tions are using or mov­ing to cloud com­put­ing ser­vices. This is also reflect­ed in Gartner’s recent pre­dic­tion that the world­wide mar­ket for pub­lic cloud ser­vices will grow 23.1% in 2021.

Com­pa­nies may be con­cerned about mov­ing sen­si­tive data and appli­ca­tions to the cloud due to secu­ri­ty and com­pli­ance issues when their con­tent is stored in the cloud. Only with data pri­va­cy and appli­ca­tion secu­ri­ty ensured, will orga­ni­za­tions start their dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion and move to the cloud.

These risks and con­cerns with respect to data pri­va­cy and secu­ri­ty are now met with con­fi­den­tial com­put­ing technology. 

Cloud secu­ri­ty with Con­fi­den­tial Computing

It works by putting data in use in a trust­ed exe­cu­tion envi­ron­ment, called enclave.

Embed­ded encryp­tion keys with­in the CPU ful­ly secure the enclave and are only acces­si­ble to the CPU itself. If mal­ware or oth­er unau­tho­rized code tries to access these encryp­tion keys the CPU denies access and can­cels the com­pu­ta­tion. In this way, sen­si­tive data ‑remain pro­tect­ed with­in these enclaves. 

Impli­ca­tion: Com­pa­nies can now run sen­si­tive appli­ca­tions and data on pub­lic clouds or oth­er host­ed envi­ron­ments (untrust­ed or not). This gives orga­ni­za­tions greater con­trol and flex­i­bil­i­ty over the secu­ri­ty and pri­va­cy of appli­ca­tions and data while stored in the cloud.

Let’s talk about the benefits

The ben­e­fits of Con­fi­den­tial Com­put­ing are, there­fore extreme­ly diverse and far-reaching:

• This tech­nol­o­gy enables end-to-end data secu­ri­ty, pro­tect­ing sen­si­tive data in use. 

Using such secure enclaves, com­pa­nies can move towards a more flex­i­ble and advanced pub­lic cloud plat­form. The embed­ded encryp­tion keys with­in the CPU ensure full data secu­ri­ty, mak­ing sure no unau­tho­rized code access the data.

• It enables col­lab­o­ra­tion with part­ners on cloud solu­tions secure­ly and with a lot more flexibility.

Com­pa­nies can now com­bine their data, shar­ing and work­ing with sen­si­tive data across on-premise bor­ders. This tech­nol­o­gy enables secure col­lab­o­ra­tion with oth­er exter­nal partners.

• It secures intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty across industries

With con­fi­den­tial com­put­ing tech­nol­o­gy, fur­ther appli­ca­tions come to mind, such as the pro­tec­tion of pro­pri­etary busi­ness data, design mod­els, ana­lyt­ics func­tions, AI algo­rithms, or entire appli­ca­tions. Intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty remains pro­tect­ed even when used with exter­nal entities.

• It enables com­pa­nies to start their dig­i­tal transformation

With con­fi­den­tial com­put­ing, com­pa­nies can choose to move to the cloud with their busi­ness oper­a­tions, with­out wor­ry­ing about stor­ing and pro­cess­ing cus­tomer data, prop­er­ty, or oth­er sen­si­tive data. They remain in com­plete con­trol over the data and can seam­less­ly migrate to the cloud.

Con­clu­sion

With con­fi­den­tial com­put­ing, orga­ni­za­tions have now strong secu­ri­ty and pri­va­cy assur­ances in the cloud. The tech­nol­o­gy pro­vides strong tech­ni­cal pro­tec­tion against any attacks from the out­side. It also pre­vents poten­tial insid­er attacks from the cloud provider or 3rd par­ty IT soft­ware providers themselves. 

Enclaive helps com­pa­nies unlock the ben­e­fits of Con­fi­den­tial Com­put­ing. Orga­ni­za­tions can now share and process data in our encrypt­ed con­tain­er while cre­at­ing a con­fi­den­tial cloud infra­struc­ture with confidence. 

Start your unique expe­ri­ence with con­fi­den­tial com­put­ing tech­nol­o­gy today.