TPM is a hardware based security feature and it safeguards the data on your computer. However, when activated, a user may notice a slower boot up process with the OS. It will not affect the computer in anyway, the chip will lay dormant, until activated. Many computers, including several product lines from Teguar, come with a TPM chip by default, but the TPM is inactive until it is enabled in the BIOS.
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Other types of TPM are favorable for smaller devices, such as smart phones, as they would not take up valuable real state on smaller computing devices, but they do not have the full tamper proof protection of Discrete TPMs. You can read about them in this brief from TCG, but this blog will focus on Discrete TPM, because it is the most common form, it’s the most secure form, and it’s what we use in Teguar computers.ĭiscrete TPM is in the form of surface mount integrated circuit and is mated to the computer’s motherboard. There are five types of TPM: Discrete, Integrated, Firmware, Software, and Virtual. TPM 2.0 is standardized by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Exchange Commission) under ISO/IEC 11889. TPM 1.1 was updated to TPM 1.2, and then to TPM 2.0, the current version and standard. Trusted Computing Group (TCG) created TPM in 2003, the first widely used version being TPM 1.1. This blog provides an overview of TPM and how it is used in industrial and medical computers. TPM is widely accepted as the most secure method of protecting information stored on a computer. This is especially important for industrial computers, which can store massive amounts of data about your business, and medical computers, which can store sensitive patient data. It provides a higher level of security than software alone and protects your data from hackers, malware and thieves. TPM secures your data with a secure algorithm integrated into your computer hardware. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips are used in all types of computers from personal laptops, to business computers, to industrial panel PCs, to medical computers.