Abstract:
A system to provide an always-on embedded anti-theft protection for a platform is described. The system in one embodiment comprises an arming logic to move the platform to an armed mode when receiving an arming command, a disarming logic to move the platform to an unarmed mode when receiving a disarming command, the disarming logic active while the platform is in a low power state, and a power transition logic to move the system from the low power state to an ON state in response to a user request, the power transition logic to present a log-in screen when the platform is armed, and to move the platform to the ON state without a log-in screen when the platform is unarmed.
Abstract:
A system to provide an always-on embedded anti-theft protection for a platform is described. The system comprises in one embodiment, a storage including encryption to protect data, a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem when the data is not encrypted, a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem and to trigger a security action logic to perform the security action, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion, and the security action logic, to cause the platform to attempt a transition to a reduced power state when triggered by the core logic component, the transition causing the data to be encrypted.
Abstract:
A platform including a security system is described. The security system comprises, in one embodiment, a multi-state system having a plurality of modes, available whenever the platform has a source of power. The modes comprise an unarmed mode, in which the security system is not protecting the platform, an armed mode, in which the platform is protected, the armed mode reached from the unarmed mode, after an arming command, and a suspecting mode, in which the platform is suspecting theft, the suspecting mode reached from the armed mode, when a risk behavior is detected.