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Confidential computing IBM has been working on confidential computing for roughly a decade. The concept behind the technology is to permit clients to retain full privacy and control over data and operational workloads through hardware-level security.  This can include the implementation of "secure enclaves" -- trusted execution environments -- which can manage data and are only accessible through authorized programming code, keeping information away not only from cloud or infrastructure providers but also external threat actors.  IBM likens the technology to a hotel room safe, in which key...

IBM This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. IBM launched new support for homomorphic encryption (HE) on Thursday — widely seen as the data-protection standard of the future, but one that's been difficult for companies to adopt. IBM is now offering companies consulting services, a place to prototype online, and IT support around the standard. The process protects data while it is being analyzed and processed, so employees, vendors, and hackers can't access or steal i...

The outside facade of IBM Research - Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa, inspired by old punch cards used for programming computers in the early 1900s. The tech giant announced Dec. 17 offerings to support widespread adoption of homomorphic encryption. (IBM Research/CC BY-ND 2.0) It’s time to take fully homomorphic encryption seriously, according to Eric Maass, director of strategy and emerging technology at IBM Security Services.   Maass spoke to SC Media in advance of IBM’s Thursday announcement that the company would provide training, an onli...