Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[New Wave]

Hi alea,

I've lately been thinking the BIOS Integrity application linked to a TPM could be the catalyst that finally launches deployment. It goes further than providing mere machine authentication as an extra layer of security for the network. Conceptually, it could be the impenetrable security gate that alerts the network to malware and other nasty attacks before they can breach the wall via boot-up.

I plan to attend the NSA conference in September and hope to learn a lot more about the direction for TPMs and how soon their use could take flight.

Take a look at this. It's over a year old but shows the direction in which the NSA has been headed:
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/host_networking_brochure.pdf