Outcome Overview

Once all Features and/or Initiatives in this Outcome are complete, Red Hat will offer a differentiated solution that enables customers to deploy fully confidential OpenShift clusters where every node operates within a hardware-attested Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). This positions OpenShift as the first enterprise Kubernetes platform to deliver comprehensive data-in-use protection at scale, unlocking new market opportunities in highly regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government) and advancing Red Hat's strategic goal of being the trusted platform for secure cloud-native workloads. This capability directly supports sales expansion into confidential computing-mandated environments and strengthens competitive differentiation against hyperscaler-native offerings

Success Criteria

What must be true for this outcome to be considered delivered:

• Automated Confidential Deployment: Customers can install a new OpenShift cluster where every node is automatically configured as confidential without manual security configuration steps
• Continuous Attestation Assurance: All nodes (both at installation and during cluster expansion) are remotely attested using Red Hat build of Trustee before joining the cluster, with failed attestations preventing node admission
• Multi-Cloud Platform Support: The solution functions consistently across all major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP), leveraging each platform's native TEE capabilities with a unified management experience
• Operational Transparency: Cluster administrators can verify the confidential state of all nodes and view attestation status through standard OpenShift interfaces
• Production Readiness: The Confidential Cluster Operator is stable, supportable, and meets Red Hat's enterprise support requirements for General Availability

Expected Results (what, how, when)

1. Market Enablement - Confidential Computing Pipeline Growth

• What: Increase in qualified sales opportunities specifically requesting confidential computing capabilities
• How: Track net-new sales opportunities tagged with "confidential computing"

2. Customer Adoption - Early Adopter Validation

• What: Successful production deployments of OpenShift Confidential Clusters by customers in regulated industries
• How: Track active confidential cluster deployments via telemetry and customer engagement

3. Competitive Differentiation - Analyst Recognition

• What: Recognition of OpenShift's confidential computing capabilities in analyst evaluations
• How: Track mentions in Magic Quadrants, Wave reports, and analyst briefing outcomes

Post Completion Review – Actual Results

Increase adoption of the OpenShift Confidential Cluster operator as measured through Telemetry (and through engagement with the field for disconnected customers)

Increase adoption of OpenShift using confidential computing capabilities enabled on Cloud Providers as measured through Telemetry (and through engagement with the field for disconnected customers)