Emerging technologies could lead to a quantum leap in PC security, but the realization of that advance is still years away, industry experts say. “The next quantum leap in security won’t occur until there is better operating system and better hardware support for it,” John Bedrick, a director of eTrust Security Management, said. Those improvements are already in the pipeline. For example, a technology called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) creates a hardware secure zone inside a PC where security programs can do their work without fear of tampering.
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Better PC Security Years Away
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 22, 2005 05:00 AMEmerging technologies could lead to a quantum leap in PC security, but the realization of that advance is still years away, industry experts say. “The next quantum leap in security won’t occur until there is better operating system and better hardware support for it,” John Bedrick, a director of eTrust Security Management, said. Those improvements are already in the pipeline. For example, a technology called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) creates a hardware secure zone inside a PC where security programs can do their work without fear of tampering.