Design a Confidential-Computing Architecture for a Genomics Workflow
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design confidential VMs for hospital genomics, prototype remote attestation, and build a threat model. Earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The startup (Series B, partnered with 4 academic medical centers, 1 active NIH grant) cannot close the partnership data agreement without a defensible confidentiality story.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design and prototype a confidential-computing architecture using SEV-SNP or TDX that keeps patient genomes opaque to the cloud provider and to the other 3 partner hospitals.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design a multi-party architecture using confidential computing primitives
- Implement and verify a remote-attestation flow against real hardware
- Threat-model with TEE-aware trust boundaries
- Translate cryptographic architecture into legal-grade plain language
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Computer Systems Security
Master · Security
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Computer Systems Security at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Confidential Computing
Apply confidential computing to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Remote Attestation
Apply remote attestation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Secure Architectures
Apply secure architectures to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Threat Modeling
Apply threat modeling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Cryptography
Apply cryptography to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Secure Design
Apply secure design to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: