Secure memory management system and method

A method for securely loading digital information from at least one storage device into at least one memory module in a data processing system;

• said data processing system comprising at least one external element having access to the at least one storage device, said data processing system further comprising the at least one memory module, at least one first processor, a memory access controller module connected between the at least one processor and the at least one memory module, and a secure memory management module connected to the at least one first processor, the at least one memory module, the at least one external element and the memory access controller, said method comprising:
• requesting, with the at least one external element, at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one first digital information and at least one second digital information;
• monitoring, with the secure memory management module, the request, and when the request corresponds to the second digital information:
• locating at least one segment in the at least one storage device containing the at least one second digital information;
• extracting, from the at least one storage device:
• at least one access condition associated with the at least one segment;
• at least one first authentication data associated with the at least one segment, the at least one first authentication data allowing for the at least one segment to be authenticated;
• and
• at least one second authentication data associated with the at least one access condition, the at least one second authentication data allowing for the at least one access condition to be authenticated;
• authenticating, with the secure memory management module, the at least one segment with the first authentication data and the at least one access condition with the second authentication data;
• determining, with the secure memory management module, an appropriate region in the at least one memory module to accommodate the located at least one segment,
• loading said located at least one segment into the appropriate region in the at least one memory module when the at least one segment has been authenticated by the secure memory management module;
• sending, with the secure memory management module, the at least one access condition to the memory access controller;
• detecting, with the memory access controller, a processor status of the at least one first processor;
• comparing, with the memory access controller, the at least one access condition with the processor status;
• and
• providing access, with the memory access controller, to the at least one memory module by the at least one first processor when the processor status satisfies the at least one access condition.