Digging into Google’s POV on confidential computing

theCUBE Breaking Analysis + upcoming broadcasts [Is confidential computing just selling an illusion? Google experts weigh in.]( Critics have lambasted confidential computing as a marketing ploy for an unnecessary technology, while proponents consider it the next big disruption since website certificates.  To extract the signal from the noise, for this week’s Breaking Analysis, we discuss the market climate regarding security and then speak with confidential computing experts, Nelly Porter, head of product for GCP Confidential Computing and Encryption, and Dr. Patricia Florissi, technical director in the Office of the CTO at Google Cloud.  Key topics pertaining to confidential computing include vendor politics, Google’s definition of the technology, compatibility with existing systems and applications, and more. Is confidential computing a good fit? The advocates value confidential computing’s ability to enhance data privacy and security by providing encrypted computation on sensitive data, and isolating data from apps and other host resources in a fenced off enclave during processing. However, naysayers such as security researcher Rodrigo Branco say that “confidential computing is mostly a marketing campaign for memory encryption.” Learn the how to determine whether confidential computing is a good fit for your organization as we examine the arguments on both sides [in this special report](. [Get the full report here]( Women in Tech - Special coverage by theCUBE TheCUBE continues to explore how successful women in tech unlock success and deliver tangible value to their organizations, customers and communities, so we can all learn from their wins. Follow our special coverage, sponsored by AWS. 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