Patent ID: 11947687
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A computer program product for securely transferring a secret key from a source computing component to a target computing component, wherein said source computing component and said target computing component are part of a secure computing environment, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, said program instructions being executable by one or more processors to cause said one or more computing processors to:
upon said source computing component, controlled by said processor, receiving from said target computing component a signed attestation document, said source computing component, controlled by said processor, verifying an authenticity and content of said attestation document; and
upon a successful verification of said authenticity and said content, said source computing component, controlled by said processor, transfers said secret to said target computing component, wherein said attestation document is attesting that said target computing component is compliant to an update governance rule.