Security system and method
OwnerWagner Maccari, Marco Antonio Scarmeloto De Fariainventors
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Abstract
A security system and method for the application at a self-service or financial terminal is disclosed. This system comprises at least: a peripheral device (2); a storage unit (3) capable of storing a firmware for upgrade in the peripheral device (2); and a processing unit (4) operatively associated with the storage unit (3), wherein the processing unit (4) is configured to block firmware upgrade saving in the peripheral device (2) when the firmware is not authentic.
Claims17
A security system, for application in a self-service or financial terminal, wherein the security system comprises:
- a peripheral device having a firmware;
- a storage unit capable of storing a firmware upgrade for the firmware;
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- a processing unit operatively associated with the storage unit,
- wherein, the system is characterized in that the processing unit is configured to block installation of the firmware upgrade in the peripheral device when said firmware upgrade is not authentic.
A method for improved security, for application in a self-service or financial terminal, wherein the self-service or financial terminal comprises at least a peripheral device and a storage unit (3), the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- i) verifying if there is a firmware upgrade request by the peripheral device;
- ii) verifying the authenticity of the firmware that needs to be upgraded, if the verification done in step i has shown that a firmware upgrade request was made;
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- iii) blocking the firmware upgrade in the peripheral device, if the verification done in step ii has shown that the firmware that needs to be upgraded is not authentic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.