Enabling Confidential Computing Throughout the Virtualization Stack

Explore the implementation of confidential computing across the entire virtualization stack in this 30-minute conference talk from the OpenInfra Foundation. Discover how confidential computing is maturing to address security use cases in critical infrastructure, banking, finance, telecom, and automotive sectors while evolving new features like secure time source and trusted IO. Learn about the varying degrees of support for confidential computing across different vendor implementations including AMD, ARM, Intel, and NVIDIA. Examine a detailed journey of implementing confidential computing support throughout the complete stack, from virtualization layers to guest operating systems, deployment tools, and monitoring systems. Deep-dive into the specific work of adding confidential computing support to Proxmox, a European open-source virtualization manager, and review ongoing standardization and governance efforts in the confidential computing space.