Ijlal Loutfi

Ijlal Loutfi

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Why do you also need confidential computing for your private datacenter?

Confidential computing is not limited to public cloud environments; it also has significant value in private data centers. While private data centers offer...

Why you need to protect your confidential virtual machine from itself

Confidential computing disrupts the traditional threat model by decoupling resource management from data access. It introduces new CPU security extensions...

The founding moments: Tracing the origins of confidential computing

In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” there is a memorable exchange between the author and the main character, Mike. When asked how he went...

Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs

Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs. This blog dives into the crucial role your OS plays in cloud security and...

Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure

On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft...

Livepatch has a new 13-month sliding support window – What does it mean for you?

The Livepatch tool is a valuable solution for resolving critical and high-security kernel CVEs without requiring an immediate system reboot. However, it is...

Canonical Livepatch gets even better – Now supporting Hardware Enablement Kernels

Livepatch allows Ubuntu users to fix critical and high kernel vulnerabilities at runtime, which reduces the need for unplanned reboots. Until now, Livepatch...

Build the foundation for your zero trust strategy with Ubuntu confidential computing

Why do we want to eliminate trust? Isn’t trust a good thing that we should foster and grow? And shouldn’t computing platforms trust their end-users, and vice...

Canonical joins the confidential computing consortium

We are happy to announce we have joined the confidential computing consortium, a project community at the Linux Foundation that is focused on accelerating...

Linux security: your questions, answered

At Canonical, we often get questions about open-source security and of course, Linux security is a common topic. Based on a recent webinar hosted by our...

What’s confidential, generally available, and open source? It’s Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 on Microsoft Azure!

On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu 22.04 Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They are part of...

Confidential computing in public clouds: isolation and remote attestation explained

In the first part of this blog series, we discussed the run-time (in)security challenge, which can leave your code and data vulnerable to attacks by both the...

What is confidential computing? A high-level explanation for CISOs

Privacy enhancing technologies and confidential computing are two of my favorite topics to talk about! So much so that I am writing this blog post on a sunny...

Let’s get confidential! Canonical Ubuntu Confidential VMs are now generally available on Microsoft Azure

On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They  are part of the...

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