Infineon offers hardware and software
products for Trusted Computing in compliance
with the specifications published by the
Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a
specific protected and encapsulated
microcontroller security chip use to defend
the internal data structures against real
intelligent attacks.
The nature of this security chip ensures
that the information like keys, password and
digital certificates stored within is made
more secure from external software attacks
and physical theft. With the handful of keys
it stores, all crytographic functions are
performed on the chip.
TPM is an implementation of Root-of-Trust
which is integrated into the boot process to
establish trust level and gather measurement
about the running environment for trusted
reporting. Hence, TPM is typically affixed
to the motherboard of a computing system.
Security of the whole system is based on the
protection and secrecy of the cryptographic
system, especially against reading out or
manipulation of the key material.
TPM provides the ability for a computing
system to run applications more secured,
allows secured remote access, performed
electronic transactions and communication
more safely.
Infineon is the industry proven security
leader that has developed the only complete
end-to-end TCG compliant security solution
including all required hardware, software
and security management capabilities
solution.
The corresponding software offered by
Infineon is the TPM Professional Package 3.5
for Microsoft Windows. This software package
exhibits a layered structure implementing
the Trusted Software Stack (TSS) according
to the TCG specifications.
TSS is a software specification that
provides a standard Application Protocol
Interface (API) for accessing the functions
for TPM. In addition Infineon offers
middleware and management interfaces.