What is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)? Past, Present & Future

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is a secure area in a device that ensures sensitive data is stored, processed, and protected in an isolated and trusted environment. As such, it offers protection against attacks generated in the rest of the device and even other actors inside the TEE.

In this video, Don Felton - Principal Security Architect at Trustonic and Chair of the GlobalPlatform TEE Specification Working Group – explores the origins of TEEs, the technology's evolution through the years, and the work that GlobalPlatform is doing to continue driving it forward.

CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – What is a TEE?
03:28 – Where did the TEE come from?
08:06 – The first TEE was born
10:30 – GlobalPlatform takes the reins
11:56 – The Device Committee is put in charge
13:48 – More GP TEE functionality
20:35 – And more GP TEE Security
23:30 – GP documents are under continual improvement
29:18 – The security landscape
32:27 – Addressing industry needs
33:56 – GlobalPlatform TEE is membership driven
35:08 – Wrap up

🔵 For public documentation defining a GlobalPlatform TEE: https://globalplatform.org/specs-libr...

🔵 Learn more about the work of the TEE Committee: https://globalplatform.org/technical-...

🔵 Learn how to get involved in the future of TEE: https://globalplatform.org/join-us/be...

🔵 Contact GlobalPlatform to get involved by emailing [email protected]

🔵 For wider specifications that GlobalPlatform may look to enable in TEE certification in the future: https://www.sae.org/standards/content... https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/ https://android.googlesource.com/plat... https://globalplatform.org/specs-libr...