Protect data in use with Azure Confidential Computing and Intel SGX

See how to create confidential clouds that host sensitive data in public clouds with Intel Software Guard Extension, as part of Azure confidential computing. Protect your sensitive information in the Cloud.
Mitigate privileged access attacks with hardware enforced protection of sensitive data, and protect against data exfiltration from memory. Beyond security, we’ll demonstrate machine learning analytics on multi-party data.
Data center security expert, Mike Ferron-Jones from Intel, gives you an exclusive look at Microsoft’s work with Intel.
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00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - Protect against memory attacks
04:08 - Example of a cross tenant data exfiltration attack
06:09 - Protect your data in use: Confidential computing
07:01 - Mitigate privilege escalation attacks with Intel SGX
09:20 - New confidential computing scenarios
13:54 - Wrap up
► Link References:
Detailed information on Azure confidential computing at https://aka.ms/AzureCC
Watch our Zero Trust series at https://aka.ms/ZeroTrustMechanics
Keep up to date on Intel innovations at https://www.intel.com/security
More information on Intel SGX go to https://www.Intel.com/SGX
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