Position-based computer tampering determination
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsJohn Norton, David A. Moore, Steve Weingart
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Abstract
In some examples, a computing system can include a positioning sensor to acquire positioning data for the computing system and a non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions. The instructions are to cause a computer processor of the computing system to: (1) receive positioning data from the positioning sensor; (2) determine whether the received positioning data indicates tampering of the computing system; and (3) perform an action to mitigate tampering when it is determined that the received positioning data indicates tampering of the computing system.
Claims16
A computing system comprising:
- a positioning sensor to acquire positioning data for the computing system;
- a non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions to cause a computer processor of the computing system to:
- receive positioning data from the positioning sensor;
- determine whether the received positioning data indicates tampering of the computing system;
- and
- perform an action to mitigate tampering when it is determined that the received positioning data indicates tampering of the computing system.
A computing system comprising:
- a positioning sensor;
- and
- a non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions to cause a computer processor of the computing system to:
- determine, based on readings from the positioning sensor, that the computing system has been moved;
- and
- perform an action to mitigate tampering with the computing system when it is determined that the computing system has been moved.
A computing system comprising:
- a secure enclosure for the computing system;
- a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) sensor external to the secure enclosure to determine a location of the computing system;
- a non-transitory machine readable storage medium within the secure enclosure;
- and
- a backup energy source to enable temporary operation of a tamper mitigation sub-system of the computing system when the computing system is not plugged in,
- wherein the medium has stored thereon machine readable instructions to cause a computer processor of the computing system to:
- perform an action to mitigate tampering of the computing system when it determines, based on data from the GPS sensor, unauthorized movement of the computing system;
- and
- perform an action to mitigate tampering of the computing system when it is determined that the backup energy source is being used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.