SEV-SNP is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV-SNP provides a new level of protection for firmware by encrypting the memory pages that contain the firmware code. This makes it much more difficult for attackers to gain access to the firmware and launch attacks.
The benefit of SEV-SNP
With SEV-SNP embedded firmware in your VMs, you will enjoy improved security, increased isolation, enhanced performance for your VMs.
- Improved security. SEV-SNP encrypts the memory pages that contain firmware code. This makes it much more difficult for attackers to gain access to the firmware and launch attacks.
- Increased isolation. SEV-SNP allows each VM to have its own secure memory space. This means that a VM cannot access the memory of another VM, even if the hypervisor is compromised.
- Enhanced performance. SEV-SNP can be used to improve the performance of virtualized applications. This is because…