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What is Hardware-Level Isolation?

Definition

Hardware-level isolation uses physical processor features — rather than software alone — to separate workloads from each other and from the host system. This provides a stronger security boundary than traditional virtualization or containerization because the isolation is enforced by the silicon itself.

Why It Matters

Engram's security model relies on hardware-level isolation to guarantee that your data cannot be accessed by other tenants, the hosting provider, or even Engram's own infrastructure team.

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