Patent ID: 8171456
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Method for auditing compliance of at least one of an electronic platform, referred to as a platform being tested or a computer program being tested, which is present on said platform being tested, wherein the method comprises: transmitting the same data set, via an auditing device, to said platform being tested, and to a compliant reference platform present in said auditing device, deciding upon compliance of at least one of said platform being tested or said computer program being tested, based on an analysis of respective behaviours of said platform being tested and said reference platform, said analysis using a comparison of at least two signals representative of current measurements carried out simultaneously or sequentially on respective power supplies of said platform being tested and said reference platform, said comparison including a correlation between said signals over a predetermined measurement period, said predetermined measurement period including at least two successive current measurements being performed on the same location of said platform being tested and two successive current measurements being performed on the same location of said reference platform, and issuing a compliance decision by the auditing device.