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I think you are missing some parts in the industrial use. The TPM is also used for device authentication. It prevents the leakage of certificates that are used
by panchoop 2y ago
I think you are missing some parts in the industrial use.
The TPM is also used for device authentication. It prevents the leakage of certificates that are used to ensure that you are using the device you claim to be using. This is highly relevant when having remote access from users and one would like to enforce tiering rules together with privileged access workstations.
Furthermore, the second example in which "the attacker already won" is missing the context. The attacker does not want to access the computer (in the industrial example), it wants to use to escalate access within its organization. The TPM can be used for remote attestation, that is, a remote server can verify the integrity of the boot process of the device before giving access to remote resources. In other words, it can be used to check for device compliance.
It is definitely a positive for enterprise security.