The New Shape Of Security?

摘要

The notion of hard-ware-based security isn't new; think Wake-on-LAN, BIOS-based antivirus utilities, and Trusted Platform Module. But it has yet to make a real dent in malware infections. Now the newest iteration of Intel's vPro chip-based security is poised to revolutionize IT's tactics in this fight-or at least give us a little breathing room. Intel introduced its vPro technology in 2006, then added in August 2007 Trusted Execution Technology, which verifies that software hasn't been tampered with. On Sept. 23, Intel unveiled the third generation of the vPro, with better efficiency and management. Now, as vPro chipsets arrive in myriad motherboard products for desktops, servers, and laptops, Intel hopes baked-in security and nearly hands-off system management spell real gains for distributed enterprises with lots of remote workers when far-flung systems become compromised and must be removed from a network, or when anti-malware applications demand manual updates.