Patent ID: 8843739

Claim:
An anti-tamper hardware security device that communicates with a host machine, comprising: circuitry configured as: a host interface coupled to the host machine and configured to receive an access request from the host machine, the access request being associated with an application to be deployed on the host machine and received by the host machine over a network coupled to the host machine at an interface; a key manager configured to manage cryptographic keys; a whitelist manager configured to manage application validation information; a controller configured to receive the access request from the host interface, validate the application using the application validation information, retrieve a cryptographic key associated with the application, and transmit a response to the host machine through the host interface if the controller determines that the application is valid; and a network interface coupled to the network and configured to receive application information related to the application, wherein the controller is further configured to decrypt the application using the cryptographic key associated with the application and execute the application after validating the application.