Patent ID: 9672361
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: configuring a hash process to generate a hash value from boot data residing on a portable non-transitory computer readable storage medium; modifying a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) to obtain a second hash value from header information residing on the portable non-transitory computer readable storage medium; modifying the BIOS to process the hash process; modifying the BIOS to compare the hash value against the second hash value; modifying the BIOS to boot a device associated with the BIOS from the boot data when the hash value equals the second hash value, and wherein modifying the BIOS to boot further includes modifying the BIOS to: activate a camera associated with the device to take an image of an individual that inserted the portable non-transitory computer readable storage medium into the device, record the image, and shut the device down when the hash value does not equal the second hash value; certifying the modified BIOS for installation on the device; installing the modified BIOS as a device BIOS for the device; and processing on the device the modified BIOS for determining when to boot that device from data residing on the portable non-transitory computer readable storage medium when the device is booted and the portable non-transitory computer readable storage medium is interfaced to the device and booting the device from the data when the modified BIOS verifies the data as the boot data.