Apparatus, system, and method for protecting electronic devices in a virtual perimeter
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDan F. Hirsch, Cristian F. Bullokles
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Abstract
Described herein are apparatus, system, and method for protecting electronic devices through the creation of a virtual perimeter among the electronic devices. The virtual perimeter may be generated by the electronic devices themselves. The method performed by an electronic device comprises: identifying a current context; receiving a role, according to the current context, in a hierarchy of multiple electronic devices, and operating in accordance with the role in the hierarchy within a secure perimeter in the current context around the multiple electronic devices, wherein the hierarchy includes a system of security checks based on context information.
Claims27
At least one machine-readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause an electronic device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- identifying a current context;
- receiving a role, according to the current context, in a hierarchy of multiple electronic devices;
- and
- operating in accordance with the role in the hierarchy within a secure perimeter in the current context around the multiple electronic devices, wherein the hierarchy includes a system of security checks based on context information.
An electronic device comprising:
- a logic unit to identify a current context;
- and
- a security agent capable of performing a role of a top element in a hierarchy of multiple electronic devices in the current context identified by the logic,
- wherein the hierarchy includes a system of security checks based on context information to form a secure perimeter in the current context around the multiple electronic devices.
A server comprising:
- a security manager module to:
- register multiple electronic devices;
- define one or more contexts for the registered multiple electronic devices for providing a secure perimeter in the one or more contexts around the multiple electronic devices;
- and
- define a hierarchy for the multiple electronic devices according to the one or more contexts,
- wherein the security manager module is communicatively coupled to a security agent of an electronic device from among the multiple electronic devices in the hierarchy.
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