Out-of-band data security management

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• identifying, by an out-of-band component of the data processing system, an occurrence of a security management event for the data processing system, the security management event indicating that data stored on the data processing system is at risk of undesired access by an unauthorized entity;
• and
• based on the identifying of the occurrence:
• initiating, by a management controller and using a sideband channel between the management controller and a storage device of hardware resources of the data processing system in which at least a portion of the data is stored, a security management process to prevent accessing of the at least the portion of the data while the unauthorized entity is inferred to have physical access to the data processing system.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause operations for managing operation of a data processing system to be performed, the operations comprising:
• identifying, by an out-of-band component of the data processing system, an occurrence of a security management event for the data processing system, the security management event indicating that data stored on the data processing system is at risk of undesired access by an unauthorized entity;
• and
• based on the identifying of the occurrence:
• initiating, by a management controller and using a sideband channel between the management controller and a storage device of hardware resources of the data processing system in which at least a portion of the data is stored, a security management process to prevent accessing of the at least the portion of the data while the unauthorized entity is inferred to have physical access to the data processing system.