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Confidential Computing Patterns(CCP)
Hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs) protecting AI agents and data processing in untrusted environments
In 30 seconds
- What
- Executes AI agent code and data processing inside hardware-isolated trusted execution environments that encrypt memory and prevent unauthorized access.
- When to use
- Agents handle sensitive data in untrusted cloud environments or collaborate across competing organizations that cannot share raw information.
- Watch out
- TEE overhead, attestation complexity, and limited debugging visibility often make deployment and troubleshooting significantly harder than standard environments.
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Confidential Computing Patterns: Overview
Hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs) protecting AI agents and data processing in untrusted environments
- Hardware-verified trusted execution environments
- Remote attestation and integrity verification
- Memory encryption and isolation
- Multi-framework support (Enarx, Gramine, Occlum)
- Cross-platform TEE compatibility
- Side-channel attack mitigation
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References
The papers, specifications, and repositories this pattern is based on.
- Confidential Computing Consortium
- Intel TEE Documentation
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