2024-09-12 –, Main hall
The marketing for new technologies like Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP claims that we can finally run VMs without trusting the underlying infrastructure. All the big cloud providers are praising them and how they will protect our ("highly valued") privacy, but isn't this just snake-oil to make us comfortable handing over all our precious data?
In this talk, the presenter will refrain from buzzwords and attempt to explain how confidential computing actually works, what is required to properly use it and set realistic expectations on this emerging technology.
Joel is an extroverted nerd that enjoys hacking, devops and most humans. With the experience of both building and breaking things professionally, Joel spends most of his days teaching (what is to hopefully become) the next generation of our security community.