IBM Cloud Data Shield Description
IBM Cloud™, Data Shield allows users to run containerized apps in a secure environment on an IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Host, providing data-in use protection. IBM Cloud Data Shield allows users to write code to allocate private regions in memory. These are called enclaves and are protected from higher privilege processes. It extends Intel Software Guard Extensions(SGX) language support from C++ and C++ to Python, Java™, and also provides preconverted SGX apps for MySQL and NGINX. These tools are powered by the Fortanix Runtime Encryption Platform and Intel SGX technology. They allow organizations with sensitive data to use cloud computing with greater confidence. IBM Cloud Data Shield allows organizations with sensitive data to use cloud computing. IBM Cloud Data Shield allows containerized applications to be run in secure enclaves using the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.