Security News > 2020 > October > Intel unveils Intel Xeon Scalable platform to help customers improve their security posture

Intel unveiled the suite of new security features for the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable platform, code-named "Ice Lake.".

Intel is doubling down on its Security First Pledge, bringing its pioneering and proven Intel Software Guard Extension to the full spectrum of Ice Lake platforms, along with new features that include Intel Total Memory Encryption, Intel Platform Firmware Resilience and new cryptographic accelerators to strengthen the platform and improve the overall confidentiality and integrity of data.

The security features in Ice Lake enable Intel's customers to develop solutions that help improve their security posture and reduce risks related to privacy and compliance, such as regulated data in financial services and healthcare.

"Protecting data is essential to extracting value from it, and with the capabilities in the upcoming 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable platform, we will help our customers solve their toughest data challenges while improving data confidentiality and integrity. This extends our long history of partnering across the ecosystem to drive security innovations," said Lisa Spelman, corporate vice president, Data Platform Group and general manager, Xeon and Memory Group at Intel.

Ice Lake introduces Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience to the Intel Xeon Scalable platform to help protect against platform firmware attacks, designed to detect and correct them before they can compromise or disable the machine.

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