Patent ID: 11907411
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to:
detect receipt of a lock signal at a communication interface of a computing device;
transmit an interrupt signal to a main processor of the computing device to cause the main processor to enter a secure operating mode, wherein upon receipt of an indication that a new external device was connected to the computing device in the secure operating mode, the main processor is to reference secure memory to obtain instructions for execution in response to connection of the new external device, wherein the interrupt signal is transmitted via an interrupt pin of the main processor, and wherein the instructions for execution in the secure memory include instructions for the main processor to log indications of attempts by external devices to connect to the computing device;
detect receipt of an unlock signal at the communication interface; and
transmit a release signal to the main processor to cause the main processor to exit the secure operating mode.