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Confidential VM documentation
A Confidential VM is a type of Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) that enables enhanced
performance and security. Confidential VM includes inline memory encryption to secure
processing of sensitive data in memory. Together with encryption at rest and encryption in
transit, inline memory encryption allows you to keep your data and apps encrypted at all times.
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Confidential VM and
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Last updated 2025-03-05 UTC.
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