Fast platform hibernation and resumption of computing systems

A method comprising:

• transitioning a computing system to a first reduced power state in response to a request, the first reduced power state including the storage of context data for the computing system in a volatile system memory;
• and
• transitioning the computing system to a second reduced power state, including writing the context data from the volatile system memory to a nonvolatile memory for the transition to the second reduced power state, wherein the writing of the context data includes implementing one or more security measures for the writing of the context data into the nonvolatile memory.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• transitioning a computing system to a first reduced power state upon receipt of a request, the first reduced power state including the storage of context data for the computing system in a volatile system memory;
• and
• transitioning the computing system to a second reduced power state, including writing the context data from the volatile system memory to a nonvolatile memory for the transition to the second reduced power state, wherein the writing of the context data includes implementing one or more security measures for the writing of the context data into the nonvolatile memory.