Patent ID: 8677510

Claim:
A platform comprising: a platform processor physically associated, and in communication, with memory, wherein said platform processor is configured to run a platform operating system; and a data storage physically separate from said memory and readable by said platform processor, wherein said data storage is configured to store, in non-volatile storage, an executable wrap which secures data, secures an executable controller, secures an executable sensor, and secures a virtual operating system, wherein said wrap includes instructions executable by said platform processor to copy said executable sensor and a sister to said executable controller to said memory, wherein said data and said virtual operating system are secured in said wrap by said sister of said executable controller in said memory cooperating with said executable controller in said data storage to automatically and continuously permit or deny access by said platform processor to said data and said virtual operating system protected by said wrap such that said data and said virtual operating system protected by said wrap are only accessible to said platform processor when both said sister of said executable controller in said memory and said executable controller in said data storage are accessible, wherein said platform processor can execute only said sister of said executable controller and is prevented by said wrap from executing said executable controller directly, and wherein said wrap further includes instructions executable by said platform processor to execute said virtual operating system to create a virtual operating environment at said platform that is separate and independent from said platform operating system, and wherein said executable sensor is configured to monitor at least one of said platform and said data storage for anomalies and, upon detecting an anomaly, deny access to said data secured by said wrap by said executable sensor deleting said sister of said executable controller from said memory upon detecting an anomaly thereby rendering said wrapped data inaccessible to said platform processor.