{"id":12593,"date":"2023-12-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=12593"},"modified":"2023-09-25T18:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:35:21","slug":"confidential-computing-the-guardian-angel-of-healthcare-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/confidential-computing-the-guardian-angel-of-healthcare-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential Computing: The Guardian Angel of Healthcare Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/features\/investigating-the-potential-of-confidential-computing-in-healthcare\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/features\/investigating-the-potential-of-confidential-computing-in-healthcare\">Confidential computing <\/a>is emerging as a guardian angel for data privacy in industries with stringent privacy requirements, such as healthcare.\u00a0It\u2019s a cloud computing technology that isolates sensitive data in a protected central processing unit (CPU) enclave during processing.\u00a0The data being processed, and the techniques used to process it, are accessible only to authorized programming code and are invisible and unknowable to anything or anyone else, including the cloud provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach is particularly relevant for data privacy because it protects data that is in use or being processed.\u00a0Typically, cloud providers offer encryption services to protect \u2018data at rest,\u2019 such as those data in databases and storage solutions, and \u2018data in transit,\u2019 which refers to data moving along a network connection.\u00a0\u2018Data in use,\u2019 however, can create a security vulnerability, as data is typically unencrypted during processing or analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the perspective of a healthcare patient, the implementation of confidential computing would be largely invisible.\u00a0However, it would provide them with the assurance that their sensitive health information is being handled with the utmost care and protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking ahead, we can expect further advancements in confidential computing technology.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confidentialcomputing.io\/event\/confidential-computing-summit-2023\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/confidentialcomputing.io\/event\/confidential-computing-summit-2023\/\">Innovations like machine learning and IoT integration are set to redefine the capabilities of confidential computing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confidential computing may be an invisible guardian angel for data, and its impact on data privacy is profound. 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