A computing device that includes at least one processor core for executing a first computer program, the computing device being designed to access a memory device, in particular in order to load the first computer program. The computing device is designed to transmit a first control command, which characterizes the first computer program and/or a memory area of the memory device associated with the first computer program, to at least one cryptography module. The cryptography module is designed in particular to check the computer program, or the memory area of the memory device associated with the first computer program, characterized by the first control command, and the computing device is designed to execute the first computer program.