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Trusted Computing Group Elects Dell and Samsung to Board

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trusted-computing-group-leader-in-computer-security-standards-elects-dell-and-samsung-to-board-of-directors-2010-11-16?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Trusted Computing Group, Leader in Computer Security Standards, Elects Dell and Samsung to Board of Directors

Trusted Computing Group members have elected Dell and Samsung as Contributor Advisors to its board of directors for a one-year term. The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), a worldwide open industry standards organization, creates specifications for a variety of devices and platforms that help protect critical data and systems in the enterprise.

The elected contributors will work with board members from Advanced Micro Devices; Fujitsu Ltd.; Hewlett-Packard; IBM; Infineon Technologies AG; Intel Corporation; Lenovo Holdings Ltd.; Microsoft; Oracle; and Wave Systems. The board guides the organization's efforts to create open specifications, now supported in millions of products, for trusted computing.

"Today, close to a billion PCs, networking gear, disk drives and other devices implement TCG's specifications and enable more secure computing worldwide," noted Scott Rotondo, President and Chairman, TCG and Senior Principal Engineer, Solaris Engineering, Oracle. "The addition of Dell and Samsung to TCG's board of directors will help the organization in its efforts to make not only devices, but also networks and data, secure and trusted."

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) provides open standards that enable a safer computing environment across platforms and geographies. Benefits of Trusted Computing include protection of business-critical data and systems, secure authentication and strong protection of user identities, and the establishment of strong machine identity and network integrity. Organizations using built-in, widely available trusted hardware and applications reduce their total cost of ownership. TCG technologies also provide regulatory compliance that is based upon trustworthy hardware. More information and the organization's specifications and work groups are available at the Trusted Computing Group's website, www.trustedcomputinggroup.org. Follow TCG on Twitter and on LinkedIn.