Intel today rolled out a new desktop processor for business machines with hardware-based security features that it says can help prevent stealth malware attacks and better secure virtual machines.
The new vPro 2007 Platform, which was code-named Weybridge by Intel, also comes with an upgraded feature that better tracks and logs network traffic for malicious patterns, as well as support for 802.1x and Cisco NAC platforms so that if the operating system is down, you can still manage the endpoints because network security credentials are stored in hardware. Intel's new vPro platform also comes with new built-in management and energy-efficiency features.
Mike Ferrin-Jones, Intel's director of digital office platform marketing, says attackers increasingly are writing stealthier malware that evades detection by software-based tools, and some that even disable them: "That gives them free rein over the system." That has held some enterprises back from going with virtualization technology, he says.
Intel's new processor -- via its so-called Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O features -- can better protect virtualized software from these kinds of attacks by detecting any changes to the virtual machine monitor; restricting memory access by unauthorized software or hardware; and protecting virtual machines from memory-snooping software, according to the company.
The new vPro 2007 Platform, which was code-named Weybridge by Intel, also comes with an upgraded feature that better tracks and logs network traffic for malicious patterns, as well as support for 802.1x and Cisco NAC platforms so that if the operating system is down, you can still manage the endpoints because network security credentials are stored in hardware. Intel's new vPro platform also comes with new built-in management and energy-efficiency features.
Mike Ferrin-Jones, Intel's director of digital office platform marketing, says attackers increasingly are writing stealthier malware that evades detection by software-based tools, and some that even disable them: "That gives them free rein over the system." That has held some enterprises back from going with virtualization technology, he says.
Intel's new processor -- via its so-called Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O features -- can better protect virtualized software from these kinds of attacks by detecting any changes to the virtual machine monitor; restricting memory access by unauthorized software or hardware; and protecting virtual machines from memory-snooping software, according to the company.
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