In confidential computing, even we can't access your data: top IBM exec

In a Q&A, Dr Nataraj Nagaratnam, CTO, IBM Cloud Security says the client's data is always the client's, and that his firm does not use their data for anything else whatsoever

A rising technology in the area of cloud storage today is confidential computing. Broadly, the technology allows a company running workloads in the cloud to maintain full privacy and control over their data and storage, without even the company hosting the cloud space to gain access to data. IBM is one of the first few companies to offer this as a part of its cloud portfolio. Dr Nataraj Nagaratnam, IBM Fellow and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Cloud Security spoke to Neha Alawadhi about the applications of the technology and the way forward.

What is confidential computing?

From an IBM perspective,