Information Security: The Strength and Vulnerabilities of The Trusted Platform Module

Progressive technology development opens the way to continuously add several different devices. A device that can be connected to each other via a network and allow them to communicate easily. Unfortunately, improving communication functions may adversely affect information security. This damage is due to the increased probability of data loss and misuse. In this article we aim to identify means for securing security; we use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a secure encryption processor built into the motherboard and can be used to authenticate hardware devices. Because each TPM chip is specific to a particular device, platform authentication can be performed. It can be used to confirm that the system you are trying to access is the target system. Disk encryption solutions that support TPM are limited. These implementations can use the TPM wrapper decryption key to bind a hard disk drive (HDD) to a specific device. The decryption process will fail if the HDD is removed from a particular device and placed on another device. You can recover using a decryption password or token

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is the core component of trusted computing. The TPM is implemented as a secure hardware chip and provides a "trusted route" of the hardware. TPM is designed to provide trusted computing based on the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) specification. The TPM function can be implemented by hardware or software. According to the TPM 2 specification, a secure encryption chip (Figure 2) can be integrated on the motherboard of the computing device (Angela, Renu Mary, & Vinodh Ewards, 2013).

During the event, American Megatrends demonstrated a track focused on using the Advanced Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The TPM announced by the Trusted Computing Group has become an integral part of platform security, has over 10 years of history and has been continuously developed through several technical updates over the years. However, from the firmware point of view, many of the security-based features of TPM are ignored. In the AMI demonstration, TPM's latest applications, such as how to use TPM in a common location of firmware, how to use TPM based on x86 and Arm® architecture, innovative solutions based on using TPM, industry required updates, This section explains.

ISO / IEC 11889-1: 2015 defines the architectural elements of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a device that can implement trust on the computing platform. In the context of TPM itself, several TPM concepts are fully explained. Other TPM concepts are described in the context of ways in which TPM helps build trust on the computing platform. ISO / IEC 11889-1: 2015 provides several guidance on platform requirements in explaining how TPM helps to build trust in computing platforms. However, the scope of ISO / IEC 11889 is limited to TPM requirements ("Overview of Trusted Platform Module (TPM)", 2008).