Patent ID: 9520998
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing security to the configuration of an information handling system, comprising: providing a security layer, monitoring a hardware configuration of the information handling system by the security layer, wherein the security layer includes a device within the information handling system that authenticates a key; storing the key to a storage location local to the information handling system; determining, by a BIOS, if a configuration change to the information handling system has occurred by comparing a first hash code to a second hash code, wherein the first hash code represents a previous hardware or software configuration of the information handling system and the second hash code represents a current hardware or software configuration of the information handling system; setting a flag in the BIOS indicative of the configuration change; requesting, by the security layer, a new key based, at least in part, on the flag; and booting the information handling system based, at least in part, on an authentication of the new key.