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A comparison study of intel SGX and AMD memory encryption technology
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Hardware-assisted trusted execution environments are secure isolation technologies that have been engineered to serve as efficient defense mechanisms to provide a security boundary at the system level. Hardware vendors have introduced a variety of hardware-assisted trusted execution environments including ARM TrustZone, Intel Management Engine, and AMD Platform Security Processor. Recently, Intel Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) and AMD Memory Encryption Technology have been introduced. To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents the first comparison study between Intel SGX and AMD Memory Encryption Technology in terms of functionality, use scenarios, security, and performance implications. We summarize the pros and cons of these two approaches in comparison to each other.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mofrad, S., Zhang, F., Lu, S., & Shi, W.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- University of Houston (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2018-06-02
- Pages
- 1-8
- OpenAlex
- W2803185452
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 10
- FWCI
- 4.69
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (CICI-1738929, IIS-1724227, DGE 1433817)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (G4919))
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Security and Verification in Computing
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Distributed systems and fault tolerance
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital Rights Management and Security
- Keywords
- Intel SGX, trusted execution environments, hardware security, ARM TrustZone, system security, performance comparison, security comparison
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