Initialization geo-locking system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide an initialization management engine that is configured, during a first initialization process that begins in response to receiving initialization power, to:
• determine that geo-locking is activated;
• cause, in response to determining that geo-locking is activated, power to be provided to a location determination subsystem;
• identify, subsequent to the power being provided to the location determination subsystem, a first current location determined by the location determination subsystem;
• determine that the first current location corresponds to an authorized initialization location stored in an initialization management database to obtain a first geo-locking authentication factor;
• transmit, in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor, a second geo-locking authentication factor request to a management system;
• receive, from the management system in response to transmitting the second geo-locking authentication factor request, second geo-locking authentication factor information;
• determine that the second geo-locking authentication factor information corresponds to authorized authentication information stored in the initialization management subsystem to obtain a second geo-locking authentication factor;
• and
• allow, in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor and the second geo-locking authentication factor, the first initialization process to complete.

A method for locking the initialization of a computing device based on its geographic location, comprising:

• determining, by an initialization management subsystem during a first initialization process, that geo-locking is activated;
• causing, by the initialization management subsystem during the first initialization process and in response to determining that geo-locking is activated, power to be provided to a location determination subsystem;
• identifying, by the initialization management subsystem during the first initialization process and subsequent to the power being provided to the location determination subsystem, a first current location determined by the location determination subsystem;
• determining, by the initialization management subsystem during the first initialization process, that the first current location corresponds to an authorized initialization location stored in an initialization management database to obtain a first geo-locking authentication factor;
• transmitting, by the initialization management subsystem in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor, a second geo-locking authentication factor request to a management system;
• receiving, by the initialization management subsystem from the management system in response to transmitting the second geo-locking authentication factor request, second geo-locking authentication factor information;
• determining, by the initialization management subsystem, that the second geo-locking authentication factor information corresponds to authorized authentication information stored in the initialization management subsystem to obtain a second geo-locking authentication factor;
• and
• allowing, by the initialization management subsystem during the first initialization process and in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor and the second geo-locking authentication factor, the first initialization process to complete.