Device Ownership Transfer and Cryptographic Binding for Devices without Secure Storage

Learn about NVIDIA's Device Ownership Transfer (DOT) technology and its application to devices lacking secure storage in this conference presentation from the Open Compute Project. Explore the critical need for secure ownership transfer mechanisms in modern computing environments where devices are manufactured by one party but operated by another, enabling secure resale, decommissioning, and repair processes while maintaining circular economy principles. Discover the cryptographic binding method designed specifically for Mutable Locking DOT on devices without secure storage, including its implementation in the Caliptra Subsystem. Examine the standardization efforts at OCP for DOT technology and understand how this approach ensures only authorized entities can control and manage device firmware and configuration throughout the device lifecycle. Gain insights into the technical specifications being submitted to OCP for ratification as a standard approach to device ownership transfer, presented by platform security and software security architecture experts from NVIDIA.