Always-available embedded theft reaction subsystem
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMichael Berger
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Abstract
A platform protected by a system, the platform including a power source, is described. The system in one embodiment comprises a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem, a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem and to trigger a security action logic to perform a security action, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion, and the security action logic to utilize a kill pill to disable the platform, when the platform has set a high security status authorizing use of a self-kill pill or the platform sends an alert and receives a remote instruction to utilize a remote kill pill.
Claims18
A platform protected by an always-available theft protection system, the system comprising:
- a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem;
- a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem and to trigger a security action logic to perform a security action, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion;
- the security action logic to utilize a kill pill to disable the platform, when the platform has set a high security status authorizing use of a self-kill pill or the platform sends an alert and receives a remote instruction to utilize a remote kill pill.
A platform protected by a system, the platform including a power source, the system including:
- a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem;
- a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem and to trigger a security action logic to perform a security action, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion;
- a kill pill to disable the platform, in response to the theft suspicion, the kill pill comprising one of:
- a self-kill pill or a remote kill pill authorized by an instruction.
A method of protecting a platform from theft comprising:
- detecting a potential problem;
- determining that the potential problem is an indication of a theft;
- triggering a security action, in response to the theft, the security action including a kill pill to disable the platform, the kill pill comprising a self-kill pill and a remote kill pill, such that the platform is disabled whether or not the platform can contact a remote server to activate the remote kill pill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.