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Paul Roberts, Security Ledger, to Headline TCG RSA Conference 2015 Session April 20 with the 20-Story Snowcastle: Why We Need a New Foundation for the Internet of Things

Date Published: March, 04, 2015

There is no shortage of superlatives to describe the Internet of Things. Estimates put the number of connected devices at between 20 and 30 billion by the end of this decade. The downstream effects of that are hard to estimate - but they're huge. In just … READ MORE

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Industry Participation

Date Published: March, 01, 2015

TCG Industry Liaison Program TCG continues to expand its membership with its TCG Industry Liaison Program. This program allows academic institutions, industry standards bodies, government agencies and special interest groups with a stake in computing… READ MORE

Data Protection

Date Published: March, 01, 2015

Data Protection Self-encrypting Drive (SED) solutions based on TCG specifications enable integrated encryption and access control within the protected hardware of the drive. Self-encrypting drives provide the industry's preferred solution for full … READ MORE

Secure Storage Made Easy – Notes from the Field on SEDs and Management

Date Published: February, 25, 2015

TCG members have been shipping self-encrypting drives (SEDs) and associated management software for some time - in fact, some reports indicate that most, if not all, drives, will eventually include TCG’s SED standards. That includes not only hard disk d… READ MORE

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Do I Trust You?

Date Published: February, 19, 2015

Trust suddenly is in the news. Perhaps it’s the never-ending news about hacks, attacks and data breaches, or the fact that all of us now are using, interacting with, wearing and otherwise connected to the Internet with devices, networks and cloud servic… READ MORE

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TPM 2.0 Hits the Market; Will Secure New Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablets

Date Published: February, 17, 2015

Funny how things come around - with growing data breaches and increasing security concerns, all of a sudden “trust” has become kind of hot. Well, here at TCG, we’ve been talking about trust for a long time. TCG’s first efforts, in fact, were aroun… READ MORE

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TCG Publishes New ACPI Specification for PCs and Servers

Date Published: February, 11, 2015

TCG and its work groups were busy in late 2014. The Server Work Group, for example, published the TCG ACPI specification. As a refresh, “...the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) industry-standard was developed to enable OS-directed conf… READ MORE

TCG RSA Session April 20, 2015 Gets More Great Speakers to Talk Trust and Security

Date Published: February, 09, 2015

Looking ahead to RSA Conference 2015 in San Francisco? We hope you will join TCG for its annual, information-packed association session on Monday, April 20, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in rooms 2002/2006 at Moscone West. TCG has hosted this session to help attendees… READ MORE

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TCG Comments on NHTSA’s Automotive Electronic Control Systems Safety and Security

Date Published: February, 06, 2015

The U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, or NHTSA, recently published a notice requesting comments on the topic of automotive security (http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NHTSA-2014-0108-0001). TCG has been working for s… READ MORE

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Apress and TCG Members Announce Availability of “A Practical Guide to TPM 2.0: Using the Trusted Platform Module in the New Age of Security

Date Published: February, 05, 2015

For years, developers, IT and security professionals have tried to get their minds around the TPM. Most agree the secure, hardware root of trust is a good approach for ensuring data and devices are protected. And TPMs now of course are shipped in systems … READ MORE

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