Patent ID: 11163871

Abstract:
In scenarios where I/O ports of an IHS are not secured, malicious actors may exploit such I/O ports when a user of the IHS is unaware. Embodiments provide techniques for securing access to I/O ports of an IHS based on the context of the IHS, which includes the user context and the system context of the IHS. Upon initialization of the IHS, access to the I/O ports is configured based on a boot context policy. The operating system is booted and use of the IHS proceeds. Modifications to an IHS context are detected. Based on a policy applicable to the modified IHS context, modified access to the I/O ports is configured. In embodiments where the IHS is a convertible laptop, a system context may include the posture in which the system is physically configured. A user context may include whether a user is detected in proximity to the IHS.