Patent ID: 8863268

Claim:
A processing module comprising: a local processor device configurable to initiate access to resources of a host processing system; and a security module configured to enable use of the resources of the host processing system using a security metric, wherein the security module is further configured to: detect the security metric; detect a global location of the host processing system and compare the global location to a list of valid global locations; enable and disable access to a hardware resource of the host processing system not only in response to the security metric but also based on whether the host processing system is in a low-power operating state or a run operating state, wherein the enabling access to the hardware resource when the host processing system is in the low-powered operating state comprises leaving the host processing system in the low-powered operating state if the host processing system entered the low-powered operating state prior to a disabling of access to hardware resource initiated by a signal from the processing module.