Integrated instrusion detection for enhanced chassis security

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• identifying, using a detection mechanism, an occurrence of an event indicating that intrusion into an interior of a chassis of the data processing system are to be monitored;
• based on the occurrence of the event:
• monitoring, using a flow path of the detection mechanism, for an intrusion into the interior of the chassis, the flow path comprising a first portion of the flow path secured to a first portion of the chassis and a second portion of the flow path secured to a circuit card positioned in the interior of the chassis, the first portion of the flow path and the second portion of the flow path being electrically connected while the first portion of the chassis is attached to a second portion of the chassis, and the first portion of the flow path and the second portion of the flow path being electrically disconnected while the first portion of the chassis is not attached to the second portion of the chassis;
• and
• in an instance of the monitoring where an intrusion into the interior of the chassis is identified:
• performing, based on a policy keyed to the intrusion, an action set to mitigate risk of undesired operation of the data processing system due to the intrusion,
• wherein the first portion of the flow path comprises a metallization pattern applied to a feature of the first portion of the chassis,
• wherein the second portion of the flow path comprises:
• a first metallization pattern;
• and
• a second metallization pattern that is not electrically connected to the first metallization pattern, and
• wherein the first metallization pattern and the second metallization pattern are, at least in part, extended from a surface of the circuit card to fill in a gap between the first metallization pattern and the second metallization pattern and the metallization pattern of the first portion of the flow path while the first portion of the chassis and the second portion of the chassis are attached.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing the data processing system, the operations comprising:
• identifying, using a detection mechanism, an occurrence of an event indicating that intrusion into an interior of a chassis of the data processing system are to be monitored;
• based on the occurrence of the event:
• monitoring, using a flow path of the detection mechanism, for an intrusion into the interior of the chassis, the flow path comprising a first portion of the flow path secured to a first portion of the chassis and a second portion of the flow path secured to a circuit card positioned in the interior of the chassis, the first portion of the flow path and the second portion of the flow path being electrically connected while the first portion of the chassis is attached to a second portion of the chassis, and the first portion of the flow path and the second portion of the flow path being electrically disconnected while the first portion of the chassis is not attached to the second portion of the chassis;
• and
• in an instance of the monitoring where an intrusion into the interior of the chassis is identified:
• performing, based on a policy keyed to the intrusion, an action set to mitigate risk of undesired operation of the data processing system due to the intrusion,
• wherein the first portion of the flow path comprises a metallization pattern applied to a feature of the first portion of the chassis,
• wherein the second portion of the flow path comprises:
• a first metallization pattern;
• and
• a second metallization pattern that is not electrically connected to the first metallization pattern, and
• wherein the first metallization pattern and the second metallization pattern are, at least in part, extended from a surface of the circuit card to fill in a gap between the first metallization pattern and the second metallization pattern and the metallization pattern of the first portion of the flow path while the first portion of the chassis and the second portion of the chassis are attached.