In computing, a '''secure environment''' is any <!--environment-->system which implements the controlled storage and use of information. In the event of computing data loss, a secure environment is used to protect personal or confidential data. It may also be known as a trusted execution environment (TEE).<ref name="b970">{{cite journal | last1=Kumar | first1=Sandeep | last2=Moolchandani | first2=Diksha | last3=Sarangi | first3=Smruti R. | title=Hardware-assisted mechanisms to enforce control flow integrity: A comprehensive survey | journal=Journal of Systems Architecture | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=130 | year=2022 | issn=1383-7621 | doi=10.1016/j.sysarc.2022.102644 | article-number=102644}}</ref><ref name="d880">{{cite web | title=Basics of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs): The Heart of Confidential Computing – Confidential Computing Consortium | website=Confidential Computing Consortium | date=2024-03-13 | url=https://confidentialcomputing.io/2024/03/13/basics-of-trusted-execution-environments-tees-the-heart-of-confidential-computing/ | access-date=2025-08-11}}</ref>

Often, secure environments employ cryptography as a means to protect information. This is typically used for processing confidential or restricted information.<ref name="p115">{{cite book | last1=Lee | first1=Changhoon | last2=Seigneur | first2=Jean-Marc | last3=Park | first3=James J. Jong Hyuk | last4=Wagner | first4=Roland R. | title=Secure and Trust Computing, Data Management, and Applications: STA 2011 Workshops: IWCS 2011 and STAVE 2011, Loutraki, Greece, June 28-30, 2011. Proceedings | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | date=2011-07-05 | isbn=978-3-642-22364-8 | url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Secure_and_Trust_Computing_Data_Manageme/XKaSjkUnkjMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%2522Secure+environment%2522+computing&pg=PA174&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-08-11 | page=174}}</ref>

Some secure environments employ cryptographic hashing, simply to verify that the information has not been altered since it was last modified.

==See also== * Backup * Data recovery * Cleanroom * Mandatory access control (MAC) * Trusted computing * Homomorphic encryption

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