Keylime
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Category: Software/Services
Developers: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
United States
Product Description:Keylime, developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, is a free, open-source key bootstrapping and integrity management software architecture designed to increase the security and privacy of Edge/Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Keylime enables users to securely bootstrap secrets (e.g., cryptographic keys, passwords and certificates) without divulging them unnecessarily and to continuously verify trust in their computing resources without needing to rely on trusting their cloud provider. The Keylime software architecture ensures four crucial features for enabling security:
Developers: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
United States
Product Description:Keylime, developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, is a free, open-source key bootstrapping and integrity management software architecture designed to increase the security and privacy of Edge/Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Keylime enables users to securely bootstrap secrets (e.g., cryptographic keys, passwords and certificates) without divulging them unnecessarily and to continuously verify trust in their computing resources without needing to rely on trusting their cloud provider. The Keylime software architecture ensures four crucial features for enabling security:
Figure 1. A sample user interface for Keylime shows multiple cloud agents securely reporting their status to the Keylime Cloud Verifier.