Patent ID: 9342711
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer system, comprising: a first subsystem including a first processor configured to run applications; a second subsystem including a second separate processor configured to run security firmware; and peripherals connected to the second subsystem, wherein access to the peripherals by the applications is controlled by the security firmware running on the second processor, wherein the peripherals include a disk drive for storing software that the first processor accesses to run the applications, and wherein the security firmware running on the second processor is configured to prevent access by the first processor to the software on the disk drive, and wherein the security firmware running on the second processor is further configured to permit access by the first processor to the software on the disk drive for running the applications after successful authentication of a user of the computer system, and wherein the security firmware running on the second processor is further configured to control a boot sequence of the first processor while access to the software for running the applications on the disk drive is being prevented, and wherein the boot sequence includes loading an operating system for the first processor.