2.3. Confidential Data Protection

2.3. Confidential Data Protection

This is a generalization of the ML model use case above where the data can be any highly confidential data, such as health data about customers, payroll data about employees, future business plans, etc. As part of the attestation procedure, an assessment is made against a set of policies to evaluate the state of the system that is requesting the confidential data. Attestation is desired to prevent leaking data via compromised devices.

Attester: An entity desiring to retrieve confidential data.

Relying Party: An entity that holds confidential data for release to authorized entities.