Systems and methods for computer security employing virtual computer systems
AssigneeInvicta Networks, Inc.
InventorsJan Willem Valentijn Kerseboom, Julian Delves Wynne, Michael David Lyons, James Ennis Segrave, Victor I. Sheymov
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for computer protection, including a protected computer having a protected operating system; and a secure operating system having a first virtual copy of at least a portion of the protected operating system and one or more security mechanisms configured to analyze potentially malicious code before the code is used by the protected computer.
Claims15
A computer protection system, the system comprising:
- a protected computer having a protected operating system;
- and
- a secure operating system having a first virtual copy of at least a portion of the protected operating system and one or more security mechanisms configured to analyze potentially malicious code before the code is used by the protected computer.
A computer protection method, the method comprising:
- providing in a protected computer a protected operating system;
- providing a secure operating system having a first virtual copy of at least a portion of the protected operating system and one or more security mechanisms;
- and
- analyzing by the security mechanisms potentially malicious code before the code is used by the protected computer.
A computer program product for computer protection, and including one or more computer readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:
- providing in a protected computer a protected operating system;
- providing a secure operating system having a first virtual copy of at least a portion of the protected operating system and one or more security mechanisms;
- and
- analyzing by the security mechanisms potentially malicious code before the code is used by the protected computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.