Building Secure and Trustworthy Platforms with Confidential Computing

Explore confidential computing technology and its applications in building secure, trustworthy platforms through this 21-minute conference talk from OpenSSF. Learn about hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) that protect sensitive data during processing by preventing unauthorized access or modification of applications and data, regardless of infrastructure access privileges. Discover how attestation processes ensure isolated environments remain secure and execute only expected applications. Examine TikTok's privacy and security innovations using confidential computing as a privacy-enhancing technology, including practical use cases for data collaboration, data protection, and software transparency. Gain insights into the technology's evolution from past to present and future developments, while exploring open source projects and opportunities for community collaboration in this emerging field.