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NSA Set To Approve TPM For Government Use
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Speaking at the Trusted Computing Conference in Orlando Monday afternoon, Debora Plunkett, Director of Information Assurance for the NSA, announced that she is preparing to sign an Information Assurance Advisory that permits the purchase of Trusted Computing components for National Security Systems. This is great news for the small community that is the Trusted Computing Group and the vendors who have worked for over a decade to provide technology for hardware based cryptography, key repositories, self encrypting drives, and device authentication.

It has been a long road for the TCG. Tackling some of the most difficult challenges in security an open standard for hardware supported security, TPM 2.0, has been meticulously cranked out. Yet, even though the NSA has been one of the strongest supporters of the standards process, it has been remiss in actually approving, let alone recommending or even requiring, the use of TPM for government systems. Plunkett’s announcement leapfrogs the approval step to go directly to recommending TPM for use in National Security Systems.

The TCG and the vendors who support TPM are deservedly elated. An official approval of TPM for some of the most stringent security environments should help to raise awareness and drive adaption.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardstiennon/2013/09/10/nsa-set-to-approve-tpm-for-government-use/