Confidential Computing with a Dedicated DPA (Data Processing Agreement) is becoming the standard for organizations that need absolute security in the cloud. Instead of trusting that your provider won’t see your information, you run workloads in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). This hardware-level protection ensures that even during processing, your data remains encrypted and under your control.
The dedicated DPA is the legal and operational backbone. It locks in strict boundaries, making sure no one—neither the vendor, nor other tenants—can access your sensitive workloads. Unlike shared agreements, a dedicated DPA is tailored to your systems, compliance requirements, and governance policies. It turns abstract commitments into binding isolation that can be proven and audited.
Confidential Computing solves a long-standing gap in cloud security. Encryption at rest and in transit was never enough. The real risk has always been data in use—while it is being processed. TEEs close this gap by creating secure enclaves inside CPUs. Your code and data are shielded from the operating system, hypervisor, and even the cloud provider’s admin accounts. Add a dedicated DPA on top, and you get layered assurance: contract, hardware, and cryptography working together.