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title: "How does the attestation process guarantee hardware integrity?"
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updated: 2025-03-25T05:48:15Z
published: 2025-03-25T05:48:15Z
canonical: "support.fortanix.com/how-does-the-attestation-process-guarantee-hardware-integrity"
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# How does the attestation process guarantee hardware integrity?

Node Attestation: (Hardware Integrity)

- Fortanix's Node Agent, which sits on each enrolled compute node, starts the node attestation process.
- The node agent sends evidence of attestation to Fortanix CCM.
- Once attestation passes, then Fortanix CCM issues a node agent certificate.

## Related

- [How does the attestation process guarantee code integrity?](/how-does-the-attestation-process-guarantee-code-integrity.md)
- [Introduction](/dsm-example-code-introduction.md)
- [Exporting Fortanix DSM Keys to Cloud Providers for BYOK - Google Cloud](/exporting-fortanix-dsm-keys-to-cloud-providers-for-byok-google-cloud.md)
- [User Authentication](/dsm-example-code-user-authentication.md)
- [Azure Service Principal with Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager](/azure-service-principal-with-fortanix-ccm.md)