Patent ID: 8341389

Claim:
A secured start-up device facilitating exchange of data between a computer installation and an external non-transitory storage medium located separate from the computer installation, the external non-transitory storage medium providing authentication data and executable codes of a start-up program used to enable start-up of the computer installation, the secured start-up device comprising: a) a primary connection interface connectable to the computer installation; b) a second connection interface connectable to the external non-transitory storage medium; c) the secured startup device accessing and applying at least one of a number of predefined security measures for access to the authentication data and executable codes of the start-up program accessible from the non-transitory storage medium through the second connection interface, and wherein access rights for a user of the non-transitory storage medium are stored on the non-transitory storage medium; d) the secured startup device transmitting, from the second connection interface to the primary connection interface, executable codes of the start-up program from the non-transitory storage medium after the application of the at least one of a number of predefined security measures to enable startup of the computer installation.