Patent ID: 7711942

Claim:
A computer security system, comprising: a trusted platform module (TPM) to at least generate a user key upon a request; a registration module to register users for performing a secure boot process using the TPM, the registration module configured to: receive user identification data and TPM authentication data from a user; request the TMP to generate a TPM user key using the TPM authentication data; and store and associate the TPM user key with the user identification data; a basic input/output system (BIOS) to receive subsequent user identification data and subsequent TPM authentication data from the user for initiating a boot process, the BIOS adapted to interface with the TPM to request validation of the subsequent TPM authentication data by verifying whether the subsequent TPM authentication data corresponds to the TPM user key; and when the subsequent TPM authentication data corresponds to the TPM user key associated with the user, the BIOS allows the boot process to perform.