Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon processors get new security features

guest · Oct 14, 2020

Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon processors get new security features
October 14, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ke-xeon-processors-get-new-security-features/

Intel today revealed the data security and privacy upgrades that will be introduced to the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors code-named Ice Lake and specifically built to power data center platforms.

"Intel is doubling down on its Security First Pledge, bringing its pioneering and proven Intel Software Guard Extension (Intel SGX) to the full spectrum of Ice Lake platforms," the chip manufacturer said.
Intel SGX is an Intel processor security feature that allows applications to run within protected software containers known as enclaves, providing hardware-based memory encryption that fully isolates the apps' code and data in memory.
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New security features
Beyond Intel SGX, the 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable platform also includes new security tech to protect data integrity and confidentiality and secure sensitive workloads.

It introduces Intel Platform Firmware Resilience (Intel PFR), a capability designed to protect platform firmware by automatically detecting firmware corruption and restoring to a previous unaffected state before attackers can compromise or permanently disable the system.

"The firmware components protected can include BIOS Flash, BMC Flash, SPI Descriptor, Intel Management Engine, and power supply firmware," Intel said.
The Ice Lake Xeon platform also comes with new cryptographic accelerators that improve the platform's overall confidentiality and integrity of data across storage, server, and network infrastructure.
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More platform improvements
The company's 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors also feature enhanced performance with up to 28 cores per processor, as well as up to 224 cores per platform.

They also come with support for increased DDR4 memory speed and capacity, allowing builds featuring up to 6 channels of DDR4-3200 MT/s and 16Gb DIMMs, with a maximum of 256GB DDR4 DIMMs per socket.

"We believe the next-generation Intel Xeon processors with Intel SGX featuring full memory encryption and cryptographic acceleration will help our customers unlock even more confidential computing scenarios."
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