Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
Intel®
Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set of
hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the
digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured
launch and protected execution. Intel Trusted Execution Technology
provides hardware-based mechanisms that help protect against
software-based attacks and protects the confidentiality and integrity of
data stored or created on the client PC. It does this by enabling an
environment where applications can run within their own space, protected
from all other software on the system. These capabilities provide the
protection mechanisms, rooted in hardware, that are necessary to provide
trust in the application's execution environment. In turn, this can
help to protect vital data and processes from being compromised by
malicious software running on the platform.