Interview: Steven Sprague, Trusted Computing Group
David Geer recently spoke with Steven Sprague, one of the original founders of the Trusted Computing Group, a nonprofit forum to develop open standards for hardware-enabled trusted computing and security technologies. Steven is a long-time advocate of securing PC platforms via hardware chips.
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| Steven Sprague, Trusted Computing Group |
| Ask him to do anything but ... "Who is winning the xxx series. Sports is fun to watch, but boring to follow." |
| Favorite (non-work) pastimes: Construction, skiing and boating |
| Something most people don't know about him: "I am a really good welder and mechanic." |
| Philosophy: "Anything is possible with the proper application of creativity and energy." |
| Favorite technology: "I know it's a corny answer, but trust in the laptop and how it will change the world." |
| Favorite vices: Wine, horsepower |
| What he's reading now: The Gift of Dyslexia |
David Geer: What is the trusted platform module or TPM hardware security chip?
Steven Sprague: The trusted platform module is a new hardware chip in your PC. It's now shipping in most enterprise PC platforms -- so business computers versus consumer computers -- and it's a hardware chip that stores securely credentials and keys that can be used for both protecting data and strong authentication to the network. So this is a chip that will ultimately help us as users because it will eliminate the need for us to have user ID and password to access all services.
Geer: How is it going to remove the need for a user IDs and passwords for a great deal of services?
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