METHOD AND DEVICE PROVIDING SECURE VENDOR SERVICE ACCESS

摘要

The present invention provides an approach for granting access and respectively denying access to an instruction set of a device. The technical teaching provides the advantage that unauthorized access can be effectively prevented. Hence, maintenance work can be performed by specialized staff and security sensitive parts of the instruction sets are secured.

主权项

1. A device providing secure vendor service access for its maintenance, comprising:
a configuration storage providing a device configuration for operating the device; and a security module being arranged to set at least one access right for accessing the configuration storage; wherein the device is only operable if the at least one access right is set.