Patent ID: 9684794
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A secure computer comprising: a plurality of peripherals for receiving, storing, retrieving from storage and outputting data; an expansion bus; a host system running an operating system and applications that receive, store, retrieve and output the data, the host system including a system bus that is separate and independent from the expansion bus; a secure subsystem that controls access by the host system to the plurality of peripherals for receiving, storing, retrieving and outputting the data; a secure connection between the secure subsystem and the host system; and peripheral connections between the secure subsystem and the plurality of peripherals, wherein the host system is incapable of accessing the plurality of peripherals for receiving, storing, retrieving from storage and outputting the data except through the secure subsystem via the secure connection, wherein certain of the peripheral connections comprise the expansion bus.