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By: Joerg Roedel

October 1, 2024 12:00 pm

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How to enhance VM Security with AMD SEV-SNP on SLES 15-SP6

Looking to enhance the security of your virtual machines? As announced last week, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP6 now supports AMD SEV-SNP, a technology that isolates virtual machines from the host system and other VMs. This guide will walk through the steps to enable and use AMD SEV-SNP on your AMD EPYC server with SUSE […]

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By: Joerg Roedel

September 27, 2024 11:06 am

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Explore Confidential Computing with AMD SEV-SNP in SUSE Linux

Discover how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP6 brings AMD SEV-SNP to confidential computing as a technology preview. Learn about the enhanced security features for virtual machines and how to get started with this cutting-edge technology. As a member of the Confidential Computing Consortium SUSE has a long history of shipping the latest upstream technologies for […]

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By: Joerg Roedel

August 29, 2024 7:53 am

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COCONUT-SVSM Joins the Confidential Computing Consortium

The Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) welcomes a new project: The COCONUT Secure VM Service Module (COCONUT-SVSM), which aims to be a game-changer for secure service provision within confidential virtual machines (CVMs). This is a significant step forward for the project. Published by SUSE in March 2023 the project built an active developer community with major […]

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By: Joerg Roedel

December 12, 2023 1:21 pm

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Intel® TDX Support Coming to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Reliable data protection is a long-standing goal in computing and a requirement often set by end users and legislation. Two data protection technologies have been with us for a while, protecting data at different stages. These are: Data protection in Transit. When data is transferred over the network it is protected with network encryption and […]

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By: Joerg Roedel

March 15, 2023 12:30 pm

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SUSE open-sources Secure VM Service Module for Confidential Computing

Today SUSE open-sources its implementation of a Secure Virtual Machine Service Module (SVSM), which will enhance the security of confidential virtual machines (CVMs). The COCONUT-SVSM will allow CVMs to securely store data in a trusted environment and emulate TPM devices on AMD EPYC Generation 3 and later. Written in the Rust programming language it features […]

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