Patent ID: 8549313
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A secured virtual machine apparatus, comprising: at least one hardware processor; and at least one hardware memory device, having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by the at least one hardware processor, forming: a virtual machine, comprising a virtual hard disk, containing an operating system and software applications running on the virtual hard disk; and a security and management module, comprising: a sealing module, sealing with the virtual machine, a signature of a sender, and policies governing ownership and execution of the virtual machine, to generate a secured virtual machine at a sender computer; a security enforcement module, verifying authenticity of the sender upon receiving the secured virtual machine at a recipient computer; and an execution management module, retrieving the virtual machine and the policies from the secured virtual machine, and managing the execution of the virtual machine on the recipient computer in accordance with the policies.