HARDWARE-BASED IDENTITIES FOR SOFTWARE MODULES
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE602019085579
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2018-08-01
- Filing Date
- 2019-06-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2039-06-25
AI Technical Summary
Existing software modules are vulnerable to cloning, impersonation, and tampering, especially in environments lacking protected central authorities, such as IoT devices and intelligent edge devices, where identity verification and secure communication are challenging.
Implementing software modules with identities tied to hardware-protected keys and compute elements, using tamper-resistant secure hardware to create secure certificates, ensuring trust is rooted in hardware rather than software, and employing cryptographic measures to verify module integrity.
Prevents spoofing and cloning of software identities, ensures secure communication, and detects tampering or malware injection, maintaining the integrity of software modules in environments without central authorities.