Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring and asserting trust level using persistent trust log
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSteven L. Grobman, Uttam K. Sengupta, Ryan Permeh
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring and asserting a trust level of a computing device are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a computing device may include a memory having stored therein a persistent trust log, the persistent trust log comprising data relating to historic events influencing a trust level of the computing device, and a security controller configured to detect an event that influences the trust level of the computing device and to write data relating to the event to the persistent trust log.
Claims29
A computing device having a trust level, the computing device comprising:
- a memory having stored therein a persistent trust log, the persistent trust log comprising data relating to historic events influencing the trust level of the computing device;
- and
- a security controller configured to detect an event that influences the trust level of the computing device and to write data relating to the event to the persistent trust log.
A method for asserting a trust level of a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a trust assessment request originating from an external service;
- generating a trust assessment using a security engine of the computing device by analyzing data stored in a persistent trust log;
- and
- transmitting the trust assessment to the external service originating the trust assessment request.
One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, result in a computing device:
- receiving a trust assessment request originating from an external service;
- generating a trust assessment using a security engine of the computing device by analyzing data stored in a persistent trust log;
- and
- transmitting the trust assessment to the external service originating the trust assessment request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.