Workspace Orchestration with Ephemeral Attestation for Lower Overhead
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virtualization techniques for securing access to protected data in Information Handling Systems (IHS) are inefficient and burdensome, failing to account for the context of use and consuming significant memory and processing resources, while also providing unnecessary capabilities that degrade productivity.
Innovation Solution
Implementing workspace orchestration with ephemeral hardware attestation, where an IHS transmits encrypted measurement data to a workspace orchestration service, which instantiates a workspace based on security scores and golden measurement data, ensuring secure and efficient access to enterprise data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional virtualization techniques are used to secure access to protected data, then security is improved, but memory and processing resources are consumed significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential security verification elements (measurement data and attestation) from the conventional virtualization approach. Instead of implementing full virtualization environments, the system extracts and verifies only the critical hardware and software measurement data through ephemeral attestation, eliminating unnecessary virtualization overhead while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs ephemeral attestation credentials that are temporary and disposable. Each attestation session uses short-lived cryptographic credentials that are generated, used, and discarded. This replaces persistent virtualization infrastructure with temporary, lightweight attestation tokens that consume minimal resources while providing equivalent security for the duration of the data access session.
2Reliability
If conventional virtualization techniques are used to secure access to protected data, then security is improved, but productivity is degraded due to unnecessary capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential security verification elements (measurement data and attestation) from the conventional virtualization approach. Instead of implementing full virtualization environments, the system extracts and verifies only the critical hardware and software measurement data through ephemeral attestation, eliminating unnecessary virtualization overhead while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by implementing only the minimum necessary security verification (attestation of measurement data) without the excessive capabilities of full virtualization. The system performs just enough security validation to ensure trustworthiness of the data access environment, avoiding the performance penalty of comprehensive virtualization while maintaining adequate security controls.
3Reliability
If conventional virtualization techniques are used, then data access security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential security verification elements (measurement data and attestation) from the conventional virtualization approach. Instead of implementing full virtualization environments, the system extracts and verifies only the critical hardware and software measurement data through ephemeral attestation, eliminating unnecessary virtualization overhead while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary attestation service that mediates between the data access request and the protected data. This service verifies ephemeral credentials and measurement data, acting as a trusted intermediary that simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing security verification logic and eliminating the need for complex client-side virtualization management.
4Reliability
If conventional virtualization techniques are used to secure access, then security protocols are implemented, but overhead consumes significant resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs ephemeral attestation credentials that are temporary and disposable. Each attestation session uses short-lived cryptographic credentials that are generated, used, and discarded. This replaces persistent virtualization infrastructure with temporary, lightweight attestation tokens that consume minimal resources while providing equivalent security for the duration of the data access session.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the essential security verification elements (measurement data and attestation) from the conventional virtualization approach. Instead of implementing full virtualization environments, the system extracts and verifies only the critical hardware and software measurement data through ephemeral attestation, eliminating unnecessary virtualization overhead while maintaining security.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for workspace orchestration with ephemeral hardware attestation are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: transmit measurement data from a local management agent to a workspace orchestration service; receive, at the local management agent in response to attestation of the measurement data by the workspace orchestration service, a workspace definition configured to enable the local management agent to instantiate a workspace; and instantiate the workspace.