Trust Assurance

 Trust Assurance:

This week in San Jose, Intel hosted the Innovation conference. The conference is marketed by Intel as being for developers by developers, giving delegates the chance to network and learn more about the most recent advances in technology, open ecosystem resources, and cutting-edge new computing solutions. Additionally, Intel took advantage of the occasion to discuss "Project Amber" development and provide clients a sneak peek at how its attestation-as-a-service product will be delivered.

Intuition Intel

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gave the opening keynote address on the first day of Intel Innovation. Pat discussed the changing business environment and offered his perspective on the key technologies of the present and the future.

Initiative Amber

Earlier this year, during the Intel Vision conference in Dallas, Intel made "Project Amber" public. Intel devotes a lot of time and money to creating novel solutions that increase everyone's sense of security because it recognises how important security and trust are.

 Trust Assurance:

Trust is necessary in a world that is becoming more connected and where the ecosystem of devices is expanding quickly. The capacity to authenticate the device or person on the other end is necessary for communication between devices or humans, interaction with cloud platforms and SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications over the internet, and connecting to remote systems and services.

When I talked with Intel executives in May, the initiative had just begun. Intel began working on the project with the intention of releasing a pilot by the end of the year and setting a target for early 2023 for broad deployment. Greg Lavender provided an update on "Project Amberstatus "'s and announced a proof of concept with Leidos' Health Group during the Day 2 keynote.

Leidos' Health Group's ultimate goal is to establish a trusted distributed compute foundation based on the Project Amber Attestation and Intel Software Guard Extensions, as well as an independently verified hardware root of trust (SGX).

Attestation-as-a-Service in the Future

I discussed "Project Amber's" development and future with Nikhil Deshpande, Director of Product Development at Intel, as well as the idea of attestation-as-a-service. He clarified that although the plans are still in the early stages, the intention is to provide Project Amber Attestation under a freemium model—providing the essential features or capabilities without charge to users who desire them.

The free service is created to allow end users or small developers to try out Confidential Compute, according to Nikhil.

Record immutability, the ability for customers to show customers proof of that assurance, or a guaranteed SLA (service level agreement) that binds Intel to provide a specified level of service and support are some of the items that might be included in a subscription-based or premium product.

Intel is moving forward with a focus on launching for general availability early next year and is still on pace to make the pilot ready by year's end. Companies interested in taking part can contact us by email.