System for data protection in power off mode

A method in a computing device to protect data stored by the computing device, the computing device including a main operating system that executes in first hardware processor of the computing device, the method comprising:

• executing a security module continuously in a second operating system in second hardware processor of the computing device, the second operating system separate from the main operating system in the computing device and is communicatively coupled with at least one sensor, said executing the security module including:
• receiving power in the second hardware processor that includes the security module and the second operating system, the second hardware processor being in the computing device and receiving power from a battery of the computing device to remain in a powered-on state when the computing device is turned off,
• receiving an indication from at least one sensor of tampering with the computing device, and
• enacting a data protection response in response to the received indication of the tampering, the enacting the data protection response being configurable by a user interface that enables the data protection response to be associated with the data, the user interface enabling the data protection response to be selected from a plurality of data protection responses that include a hard delete of the data and a soft delete of the data.

A method in a computing device to protect data stored by the computing device, the computing device including a main operating system that executes in first hardware processor of the computing device, the method comprising:

• providing a user interface that enables a selection of a data protection response to be associated with the data from a plurality of data protection responses, the plurality of data protection responses including a hard delete of the data and a soft delete of the data;
• executing a security module continuously in a second operating system in second hardware processor of the computing device, the second operating system separate from the main operating system in the computing device and is communicatively coupled with at least one sensor, said executing the security module including:
• receiving power in the security module and the second operating system to remain in a powered-on state when the computing device is turned off,
• receiving an indication from at least one sensor of tampering with the computing device, and
• enacting the data protection response associated with the data in response to the received indication of the tampering, at least one of the receiving an indication or the enacting the data protection response being configurable by the user interface.