Patent ID: 7958346

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor; a memory; and an interface to connect a group of logics, the group of logics comprising: a security logic configured to selectively process a configuration item having a first content into a configuration item having a second content based, at least in part, on analyzing the source of the configuration item having the first content and on analyzing digital integrity of the configuration item having the first content, the configuration item having the first content being provided to the security logic by a configuration item provider known to the security logic and related to the security logic by a first set of keys; and a verification logic configured to selectively process the configuration item having the second content into a configuration item having a third content and to selectively provide the configuration item having the third content based, at least in part, on analyzing the source of the configuration item having the second content and on analyzing the digital integrity of the configuration item having the second content, the configuration item having the second content being provided to the verification logic by the security logic, the security logic being related to the verification logic by a second set of keys different from the first set of keys.