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"William Knight has been a regular feature writer for Server Management since March 2005. His journalistic flair and expert knowledge of the IT industry enable him to contribute a wide range of articles, from technical analyses to strategic overviews. His style is clear and accessible and his numerous examples and analogies add spice and vigour to his writing. Just as importantly from an editor's point of view, his articles are always on time and on target." Adrian Read - Editor, Server Management Magazine
"William Knight fuses technical understanding with business acumen in his features for Infosecurity Today." Brian McKenna - Editor, Infosecurity Today |
Hardware based PC security is already available and will be ubiquitous in 2009. But should you be pleased or disturbed by an industry led initiative that might bring licence policing for software vendors, and a management headache for the enterprise? Good theatre relies on impossible goals, heroic struggles and a worthy adversary, and you might like to view the Trusted Security Group's (TCG) valiant efforts to bring trustworthy computing to the masses in such a light: a champion battling powerful criminals to bring hardware security to PCs while sceptics cry "foul play" and declare the TCG is eroding freedom. Yet something must be done. Enterprises cannot trust their own users and an explosion of mobile devices and wireless technologies has meant corporate data is leaking out the door with little protection. The enterprise perimeter is not just eroding like the White Cliffs of Dover, it is falling into the sea in great data-rich chunks. This is being tackled at the TCG with its specification for a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). A TPM is a hardware chip that securely stores and enables the management of sensitive data. It represents the results of an industry led initiative supported by AMD, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Sony, and Sun Microsystems, among many other manufacturers and software vendors. |
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