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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This matrix provides an overview of key terms related to Confidential Computing,
| Term | Definition (Summarized) | Linked Resources | Underspecified? |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Confidential Computing** | The protection of data in use by performing computation in a hardware-based, attested Trusted Execution Environment. | [CCC](https://confidentialcomputing.io) | No |
| **Workload Identity** | Identity assigned to software workloads for authentication and access management across services and resources. | [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/workload-id/workload-identities-overview), | Yes, different usages across cloud providers (Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud). |
| **Workload Identity** | Unique identity assigned to software workloads for authentication and access management across services and resources. | [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/workload-id/workload-identities-overview), | Yes, different usages across cloud providers (Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud). |
| **Remote Attestation** | A process whereby a system produces information about itself (typically cryptographically-backed) and another party verifies that information, allowing decisions to be made about what types of trust relationships are appropriate to the first system. | [IETF RFC 9334](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9334), [CCC Blog](https://confidentialcomputing.io/2023/04/06/why-is-attestation-required-for-confidential-computing/) | No |
| **Enclave** | CCC does not currently support this definition as it's not industry wide. | | No |
| **TEE** (Trusted Execution Environment) | An environment that provides a level of assurance of data confidentiality, integrity, and code integrity by preventing unauthorized entities from viewing, altering, or tampering with data and code in use within the TEE. | [CCC](https://confidentialcomputing.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CCC-A-Technical-Analysis-of-Confidential-Computing-v1.3_unlocked.pdf) | No |
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