Trusted computing for infrastructure

The Networked Society is built on a complex and intricate infrastructure that brings distributed services, data processing and communication together, combining them into an innovative and more meaningful set of services for people, business and society. Trusted computing technologies will play a crucial role in meeting the security expectations of users, regulators and infrastructure owners. Users and owners of processing nodes use trusted computing to assess the certainty of one or several aspects, including what the processing nodes do and how nodes protect themselves against threats. This includes determining where data is stored and processed, which can be significant when legal or business requirements related to data handling need to be met.