Trusted Computing Platforms: TCPA Technology in Context

Summary

This chapter has presented an example of the use of TCPA technology in a corporate infrastructure. The benefits of TPs were first explained in the corporate environment, followed by a more detailed explanation of the role of an IT department in the case of a corporate-wide solution (in terms of newly created and modified network components). This example is generic enough to discuss the main problems that arise in the context where a centralized entity (the company's IT department) is responsible for managing the whole architecture, ranging from network facilities to server maintenance and configuration, regardless of the type of corporation. This chapter deals more with the structural and logical aspects of the deployment of TP technology. ...