Patent ID: 9043934
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A hardware platform comprising: a platform processor physically associated, and in communication, with memory, wherein said platform processor is operative to run a platform operating system; and a data storage physically separate from said memory and readable by said platform processor, wherein said data storage is operative to store, in non-volatile storage, a vault which secures data and an executable wrap which secures an executable controller and secures an executable sensor, wherein said wrap includes instructions executable by said platform processor to (a) contact a remote server separate from said platform to prompt said remote server to transmit an executable authentication driver to said platform, (b) install said authentication driver into said memory and authenticate said platform using said authentication driver, and (c) only when said platform is authenticated using said authentication driver, install said executable sensor to said memory, wherein said authentication driver in said memory cooperates with said executable controller in said data storage to automatically and continuously permit or deny access by said platform processor to only permit said platform processor to access said secure data protected by said vault when both said authentication driver in said memory and said executable controller in said data storage are accessible and to otherwise deny access, wherein said platform processor can execute only said authentication driver and is prevented by said wrap from executing said executable controller directly, and wherein said executable sensor is operative to monitor at least one of said platform and said data storage for anomalies and, upon detecting an anomaly, deny access to said secure data secured by said vault by said executable sensor deleting said authentication driver from said memory upon detecting an anomaly thereby rendering said secure data inaccessible to said platform processor.