Secure Resume for Encrypted Drives
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsKenneth S. Seethaler, Randall S. Springfield, Howard Locker, Joseph M. Pennisi
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Abstract
Systems, methods and products are described that provide secure resume for encrypted drives. One aspect provides a method including: receiving an indication to resume from a suspended state at a computing device; responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, accessing a value in a BIOS derived from authenticating the user at the one or more input devices; responsive to accessing the value, releasing a credential for unlocking one or more encrypted drives; and thereafter proceeding to resume from the suspend state.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an indication to resume from a suspended state at a computing device;
- responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, accessing a value in a BIOS derived from authenticating the user at the one or more input devices;
- responsive to accessing the value, releasing a credential for unlocking one or more encrypted drives;
- and
- thereafter proceeding to resume from the suspend state.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more encrypted drives;
- and
- one or more input devices;
- wherein, responsive to execution of computer program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive an indication to resume from a suspended state;
- responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, access a value in a BIOS derived from authenticating the user at the one or more input devices;
- responsive to accessing the value, release a credential for unlocking the one or more encrypted drives;
- and
- thereafter proceed to resume the system from the suspend state.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive an indication to resume from a suspended state at a computing device;
- computer readable program code configured to, responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, access a value in a BIOS derived from authenticating the user at the one or more input devices;
- computer readable program code configured to, responsive to accessing the value, release a credential for unlocking one or more encrypted drives;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to thereafter proceed to resume from the suspend state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.