Method for verifying an execution environment used for execution of at least one hardware-application provided by a configurable hardware module

An apparatus for verifying an execution environment provided by a configurable hardware module, wherein the execution environment in the configurable hardware module is used for execution of at least one hardware-application, the apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit configured to:
• provide the hardware-application, wherein the hardware-application comprises configuration data describing the instantiation as a hardware-application component on the configurable hardware module;
• instantiate a provided hardware-application as the hardware-application component in the execution environment of the configurable hardware module;
• receive a result from analysis of the execution environment of the configurable hardware module that executes the hardware-application component processed by an instantiated hardware-application component, wherein the hardware-application component is in communication with a characterizing unit providing characterizing parameters for the execution environment of the configurable hardware module;
• and
• verify the analyzed execution environment of the configurable hardware module as admissible for execution of the hardware-application component based on a received result when the analyzed execution environment matches the characterizing parameters provided by the characterizing unit.