Chapter 8 Uefi And The Tpm Building A Foundation For Platform Trust
In the following pages, we take a close look at both the TPM and the UEFI. We then step through a trusted boot process showing how they help ensure safe user authentication and sensitive information processing. First, however, we need to define trusted computing. Trusted computing A trusted platform (e.g. desktop PC, server, laptop, etc.) possesses high assurance of operating as expected. In other words, trust is the characteristic of keeping data safe and accurate while delivering it where and when it is needed....