Bios network safe assurance method

A method comprising:

• an information handling system storing credentials for a wireless network in a secure storage vault of the information handling system, the secure storage vault being accessible from a pre-boot environment, in the information handling system wherein the wireless network is an enterprise Wi-Fi network, and wherein the credentials include an 802.1x certificate associated with the enterprise Wi-Fi network;
• and
• during execution of the pre-boot environment, the information handling system connecting a wireless network interface adapter thereof to the wireless network based on the credentials without requiring user input of the credentials;
• wherein the pre-boot environment includes a plurality of modules, and wherein the secure storage vault is accessible only to a pre-authorized subset of the plurality of modules.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable code thereon that is executable by a processor of an information handling system for:

• storing credentials for a wireless network in a secure storage vault of the information handling system, the secure storage vault being accessible from a pre-boot environment, in the information handling system wherein the wireless network is an enterprise Wi-Fi network, and wherein the credentials include an 802.1x certificate associated with the enterprise Wi-Fi network;
• and
• during execution of the pre-boot environment, connecting a wireless network interface adapter of the information handling system to the wireless network based on the credentials without requiring user input of the credentials;
• wherein the pre-boot environment includes a plurality of modules, and wherein the secure storage vault is accessible only to a pre-authorized subset of the plurality of modules.