Patent ID: 9349009
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for securing a computing system, the method comprising: (a) determining in a pre-boot environment of the computing system which mode a security and policy enforcement platform should be loaded into a firmware of the computing system; (b) if the determination made in step (a), above, is that it is the first time for the security and policy enforcement platform to be loaded, then loading the security and policy enforcement platform into the firmware of the computing system into a setup mode; (c) if the determination made in step (a), above, is that a valid certificate from the security and policy enforcement platform is on a file system accessible in the firmware of the computing system, then loading the security and policy enforcement platform into the firmware of the computing system into a configuration mode; (d) if the determination made in step (a), above, is that the security and policy enforcement platform is set to an active/active-test mode, then loading the security and policy enforcement platform into the firmware of the computing system into the active/active-test mode; and (e) if the determination made in step (a), above, is that the security and policy enforcement platform is set to an off mode, then bypassing the loading of the security and policy enforcement platform into the firmware of the computing system.