Software developers and students will soon have access to deeper training in hardware‑rooted security thanks to a new course from the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and OpenSecurityTraining2 (OST2). The program, Trusted Computing 1103: Advanced TPM Usage (TC1103), aims to help developers build more secure and reliable systems using the Trusted Platform Module (TPM).
The new course focuses on the Feature API (FAPI), a high‑level TPM interface designed to streamline secure key generation and policy management. Through hands‑on instruction, attendees will learn how to create TPM‑protected keys, define advanced TPM usage policies, and implement portable and maintainable code. The training is intended to help developers build TPM‑backed security features faster and with fewer errors.
TCG President Joe Pennisi said the new course builds on strong demand for deeper TPM education. “Following the success of previous TPM‑focused courses, we are proud to be working alongside OST2 again for TC1103,” he said. “These courses are essential to strengthening our community of security professionals while reinforcing the TPM’s growing importance in modern security architectures.”
“Advanced TPM security is no longer niche developers now need hardware‑rooted trust skills to secure everything from Edge AI to modern data centers.”
— Dimi Tomov, TC1103 Instructor & TCG IoT Work Group Co‑Chair
TC1103 serves as the advanced continuation of the TC1101 and TC1102 courses, completing a learning pathway that takes students from introductory concepts to expert‑level understanding. Beyond traditional TPM operations, the course teaches attendees how to use the TPM as a gatekeeper for sensitive tasks ensuring that encryption decisions are tied to the actual integrity of the machine.
Developers will also learn to build hardware‑enforced rules based on conditions such as system state, time, or secure TPM‑stored values. Additional guidance explains how to bring external keys under TPM protection, enabling tamper‑resistant safeguards even for imported secrets.
“This class is the culmination of a learning path that takes students from having no TPM knowledge to an expert-level understanding,” said OST2 founder Xeno Kovah. “We help developers start faster without reading hundreds of pages of specifications.”
The launch of TC1103 strengthens the broader ecosystem of TPM training, supporting developers as hardware‑based security becomes central to modern computing.