Firmware And Hypervisors Support To Secure IBM Cloud VPC

IBM Cloud VPC is built for secure cloud computing, and numerous platform planning, development, and operational characteristics assure that

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Everything from hardware and firmware to system software and configuration must be safeguarded from outside manipulation

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Qualification and testing before deployment are among IBM Cloud VPC’s procedures to ensure hardware, firmware, and software quality, integrity, and supply chain

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IBM Cloud VPC’s 3rd-generation solutions ensure platform integrity with ubiquitous code signing. This procedure digitally signs and authenticates firmware at origin before installation

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The platform security module hardware becomes the system’s source of trust when the firmware authenticates the hypervisor and device software

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Software encompasses host firmware and component devices. The server fleet uses these versioned product profiles produced and managed by a hardware leadership team

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The regulated specification is updated periodically to include qualifying firmware and delete old versions. This firmware check is done after server intake and before firmware updates

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