Secure Resume for Encrypted Drives

Systems, methods and products are described that provide secure resume for encrypted drives. One aspect provides a method including: receiving an indication to resume from a suspended state at a computing device; responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, accessing a value in...

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Main Authors SEETHALER KENNETH S, LOCKER HOWARD, PENNISI JOSEPH M, SPRINGFIELD RANDALL S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.09.2012
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Summary:Systems, methods and products are described that provide secure resume for encrypted drives. One aspect provides a method including: receiving an indication to resume from a suspended state at a computing device; responsive to authenticating a user at one or more input devices, accessing a value in a BIOS derived from authenticating the user at the one or more input devices; responsive to accessing the value, releasing a credential for unlocking one or more encrypted drives; and thereafter proceeding to resume from the suspend state.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113049071