Patent ID: 8578174
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating use of a computing device, comprising: obtaining, by the computing device, an event description for an event that has occurred on the computing device, wherein the event description includes a description for one or more of: an application event; a system event; a network event; or a security event; responsive to obtaining the event description, computing a message authentication code (MAC) for the event description using a secure component associated with the computing device, wherein the secure component includes a secure key that is inaccessible to the computing device at which the event description and MAC are stored, and wherein the MAC facilitates authenticating the event description using the secure key; storing the MAC, in a log entry of an event log, in association with the event description; and maintaining the integrity of the event log, which contains one or more event descriptions, based on the associated MACs.