Systems and methods for integrity verification of secondary firmware while minimizing boot time

A method comprising:

• performing integrity verification of a secondary firmware image that serves as a backup to a primary firmware image of an information handling resource integral to an information handling system by:
• performing a plurality of individual integrity verifications wherein each of the plurality of individual integrity verifications is performed on a respective portion of the secondary firmware image in a manner that minimizes a boot time for the information handling system;
• and
• determining that integrity verification of the secondary firmware image failed and initiating recovery of the secondary firmware image if one of the plurality of individual integrity verifications fails.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• perform integrity verification of a secondary firmware image that serves as a backup to a primary firmware image of an information handling resource integral to an information handling system by:
• performing a plurality of individual integrity verifications wherein each of the plurality of individual integrity verifications is performed on a respective portion of the secondary firmware image in a manner that minimizes a boot time for the information handling system;
• and
• determining that integrity verification of the secondary firmware image failed and initiating recovery of the secondary firmware image if one of the plurality of individual integrity verifications fails.