How does a Trusted Platform provide incremental revenue opportunities to developers, SIs and VARs?
TCG provides increased security and trust through the use of Trusted Platforms. The Trusted Platform provides four significant functions: • Cryptographic functions • Protected storage • Platform integrity metrics • Platform authentication Developers, SIs and VARs can upgrade existing applications or write new applications that take advantage of the enhanced security provided by the Trusted Platform Module or TPM. Wave Systems makes development easy and abstracts the differences between hardware and lower-level software by providing the TCG-Enabled CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider). • When would an application developer use the TCG-Enabled CSP? Following are a few scenarios in which an application developer would use the TCG-Enabled CSP: • To write a secure TCG-compliant application that performs encryption by the TPM hardware without requiring knowledge of the TSS layer (the software that directly interfaces with the TPM) • To create a unique application for hardware-based security
