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- Trusted Computing: Trusted Platform Management and Key Recovery
- The computer industry offers a variety of PCs and desktop boards equipped with a Trusted Computing Module TPM, a dedicated microchip enabled for security capabilities. Specifications for the TPM have been developed and promoted by an industry standards organization called the Trusted Computing Group TCG. Working within...
- Tags: Recovery, Industry, Trusted Computing, Wave Systems Corp., Server, TPM, Disaster Recovery, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Security, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management
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- Open Standards for Integrity-based Network Access Control
- Learn how to integrate the trusted hardware of the TPM into a network access control framework with the unprecedented security of the Trusted Network Connect architecture. The TPM enables detection of any unauthorized software including kernel rootkits, platform authentication, protected storage, and other substantial benefits. In addition to this...
- Tags: Open Standard, Network, Trusted Computing Group, Access Control, TPM, Rootkits, Networking, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware
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- Technical Project Management and "The Shadow" of IT
- "Who knows what darkness lurks in the hearts of computers? The TPM knows!" This line, paraphrased from pulp hero The Shadow, is not just a bit of melodrama. Well, okay, yes it is. But it is also a brutal, unfortunate truth about our work as technical project managers. Despite centralized...
- Tags: Project Management, Information Technology, System, Project Manager, Shannon Kalvar
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Three strengths of a technical project manager
- A technical project manager straddles the line between technical savvy and organizational skill. As I mentioned in my earlier blog, this combination makes him prone to the same kinds of psychological traps which plague developers and infrastructure technicians. It also gives them considerable and unexpected strengths a skilled manager can...
- Tags: Team, Project Manager, Shannon Kalvar
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Trusted Platform Modules Strengthen User and Platform Authenticity
- The TPM is widely deployed in a number of notebook and desktop systems. How does this chip work, and what does it enable? This document reviews key features of the TPM, its capabilities, and how it can be used in the enterprise.
- Tags: Trusted Computing Group, TPM, Desktops, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Microsoft's leaner approach to Vista security
- Vista will include Secure Startup, a Next-Generation Secure Computing Base component that’s designed to keep unauthorized users with physical access to a PC from getting data on the hard drive. Secure Startup uses a Trusted Platform Module TPM chip, which offers protected storage of encryption keys. Microsoft declined to discuss...
- Tags: chip, chip security, encryption, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, ngscb, operating system, PC, secure startup, security, Sonja Thompson, support, tpm, vista
- Discussion threads 2005-08-29
Additional Resources
- Windows Vista Beta 2 Trusted Platform Module Services Step by Step Guide
- Trusted Platform Module TPM Services is a new feature set in Microsoft Windows Vista used to administer the TPM Security Hardware in your computer. TPM Services architecture provides the infrastructure for hardware-based security by providing access to and assuring application-level sharing of the TPM. A TPM is a microchip designed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Trusted Platform Module Services, Trusted Platform Module Services Architecture, Trusted Platform Module, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
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- Windows Vista Beta 2 Trusted Platform Module Services Step-by-Step Guide
- Trusted Platform Module TPM Services is a new feature set in Microsoft Windows Vista used to administer the TPM Security Hardware in the computer. TPM Services architecture provides the infrastructure for hardware-based security by providing access to and assuring application-level sharing of the TPM. This paper explains system requirements and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Trusted Platform Module Services, Trusted Platform Module Services Architecture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Configure and manage Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services to secure a Microsoft Vista system
- Although the Trusted Platform Module TPM is an emerging technology, Microsoft has successfully built a very robust and secure platform around it. The TPM itself does not prevent virus attacks, theft of equipment, theft of data, or hacking attempts, but it does allow software developers to outfit...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Trusted Platform Module, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Security, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hacking, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-03-20
- Trusted Computing and Linux
- While Trusted Computing and Linux R may seem antithetical on the surface, Linux users can benefit from the security features, including system integrity and key confidentiality, provided by Trusted Computing. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the work that has been done to enable Linux users to make...
- Tags: Trusted Computing, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2005-05-13
- Windows Vista Step-by-Step Guides for IT Professionals (aspx)
- These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to control device installation using Device Management and Installation DMI and manage ADMX files. There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, IT Professional, Guide, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-01-30
- Recipe for Mobile Data Security: TPM, Bitlocker, Windows Vista and Active Directory
- If one's business is like mine, laptops regularly disappear. Until recently, centrally managed mobile storage encryption solutions for Windows environments were either too costly, required users to carry a key-resident device, or relied on keys residing on local disk. Sometimes the best solution under these circumstances was the presence of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Erudio Security, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Church & Dwight Co. Embraces Siebel CG for TPM Improvement and Realizes Operational Efficiencies
- Church & Dwight Co., Inc was founded in 1846 and is the leading U.S producer of sodium bicarbonate, otherwise known as Baking Soda, a natural product that cleans and deodorizes. The company wanted to proactively respond to changing regulatory reporting requirements and improve the effectiveness of trade promotion expenditures. The...
- Tags: Siebel Systems Inc., Church, KPI
- Case studies
- Church & Dwight Co. Improves Trade Management Processes, Increases Efficiency
- Church & Dwight Co., Inc., founded in 1846, is the leading U.S producer of sodium bicarbonate, otherwise known as baking soda, a natural product that cleans and deodorizes. The company wanted to proactively respond to changing regulatory reporting requirements and improve the effectiveness of Trade Promotion TPM expenditures. The challenge...
- Tags: Church, KPI, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- Intel Technologies for Healthcare Applications
- This presentation provides details on the specific technologies required in leading-edge platforms for the healthcare market including: RFID, Barcode, BT, WLAN, TPM, Biometric Authentication, Geolocation services, and VoIP. The presentation provides examples of Intel technologies that a person can incorporate into the innovative products. Through use of case study, the...
- Tags: Health Care, Intel Corp., Presentation, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Wireless LANs, RFID, LANs, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Networking
- Presentations 2006-09-27
- Total Print Management: Helping to control today's complex printing environments
- Don't deploy any new printers without first reading this informative white paper from Hewlett-Packard. It introduces a methodology known as Total Print Management TPM that can help reduce your direct printing costs by up to 20 percent and your indirect costs by as much as half. Download the paper to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Printing, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Become familiar with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption
- I've writtenbefore about the critical need to secure your company's data, particularly whenyou might have sensitive data being transported around the country on a userÂ’slaptop. There are a number of options you can consider when it comes tosecuring that data. First, you can try to find a way to avoid...
- Tags: BitLocker, BitLocker Drive Encryption, EFS doesnÂ't, encryption, Microsoft Windows, Scott Lowe MCSE
- Technical articles 2006-12-06
- Practical Integrity Measurement and Remote Verification for Linux Platform
- There are various problems in Trusted Computing adaptation in Common Off The Shelf COTS operating environment, like Linux. Although a TPM security chip is beginning to spread widely, retrofitting a COTS component with Transitive Trust and a remote platform integrity verification still does not work well, especially the verification performed...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2006-11-05
- Windows Vista Bitlocker: Boon or Bust?
- A controversial new Vista feature called Bitlocker sounds simple enough. Combined with a Trusted Platform Module TPM chip on a PC's motherboard, Bitlocker encrypts an entire hard drive. Microsoft says this feature will help companies, especially those with executives traveling around with key corporate data on their laptops, keep private...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-18
- Securing Network-Based Client Computing: User and Machine Security
- The IT industry is addressing two complementary aspects of securing client computers on "untrusted" networks: user security and machine security. This white paper explains the concepts of user and machine security and distinguishes between the two. This paper also compares two relevant technologies: smart cards, which address user security (or...
- Tags: Security, Network, Computing, IT Industry, Machine Security, Networking
- White papers 2004-12-01
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