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IBM Unveils New Security Technology

IBM is unveiling a revolutionizing approach to computer`s security. IBM is aiming to increase data security on portable computers, cell phones and other gadgets, and reveals a method for injecting encryption capabilities into a machine`s circuitry. There are several ways to achieve security capabilities, but IBM contents that unless the encryption function is performed by a computer`s CPU, a supremely savvy hacker can tap into the pathway between the machine`s brain and the separate encryption engine.

To guard against that, IBM is announcing Monday that it has dveloped "Secure Blue" - a set of encryption circuitry that can be integrated into any processor, regardless of its manufacturer. "This thing is trying to be one of the most paranoid devices on the planet," said Charles Palmer, IBM`s head security researcher. Richard Doherty, an analyst with the Envisioneering Group, said Secure Blue`s design appears flexible enough to bring strong encryption to such new settings as cell phones and music players.

That could mean enhanced security not only for users who keep sensitive data on portable devices, but also for content owners who can use encryption to lock down copyrighted material and prevent it from being freely disseminated. Although for the time being is seems that IBM will only offer the new security method to companies that hire IBM`s custom engineering unit, and it will take some time until this new technology reaches every computer out there.