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Hardware-Enabled Security and Trusted Cloud: Draft Reports Available for Comment

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released three new draft reports on hardware-enabled security and trusted cloud for public comment.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released three new draft reports on hardware-enabled security and trusted cloud for public comment. The foundation of any cloud data center or edge computing security strategy should be securing the platform on which data and workloads will be executed and accessed. The physical platform provides the initial protections to help ensure that higher-layer security controls can be trusted.

The three new draft reports are:

The public comment period for these drafts is open through December 6, 2021. See the publication details for copies of the drafts and instructions for submitting comments. You can also contact us at hwsec [at] nist.gov (hwsec[at]nist[dot]gov).

NOTE: A call for patent claims is included in each of these drafts. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy--Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.

Released October 27, 2021, Updated November 8, 2021