Hardware-Enabled Security: Enabling a Layered Approach to Platform Security for Cloud and Edge Computing Use Cases
May 04, 2022

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) announces the release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8320, Hardware-Enabled Security: Enabling a Layered Approach to Platform Security for Cloud and Edge Computing Use Cases.

NISTIR 8320 explains hardware-enabled security techniques and technologies that can improve platform security and data protection for cloud data centers and edge computing. NISTIR 8320 is the foundational document in a series of NISTIRs, including 8320A, 8320B, and 8320C.

VIEW NIST IR 8320

Related Documents:

• NIST SP 1800-19: Trusted Cloud: Security Practice Guide for VMware Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) Environments

Each of the reports below, NISTIR 8320A, NISTIR 8320B, and NISTIR 8320C, are intended to be used as a blueprint or template that the general security community can use as example proof of concept implementations.

• NISTIR 8320A: Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype
• NISTIR 8320B: Hardware-Enabled Security: Policy-Based Governance in Trusted Container Platforms
• NISTIR 8320C: Hardware-Enabled Security: Machine Identity Management and Protection