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TII’s SSRC joins Confidential Computing Consortium

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Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Secure Systems Research Center (SSRC) has joined the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC). The CCC aims to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing through hardware-based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technologies. SSRC will contribute to standardizing hardware-level security capabilities, particularly for secure RISC-V solutions. Why it matters: This partnership strengthens the UAE's position in cyber-physical systems security by enhancing data protection during processing, an area often overlooked in conventional infrastructure.

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TII · SSRC · Confidential Computing Consortium · CCC · Trusted Execution Environment

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