Method and apparatus for prevention of tampering and unauthorized use, and unauthorized extraction of information from secured devices

摘要

The present invention considers an apparatus for prevention of tampering, unauthorized use, and unauthorized extraction of information from at least one secure system including at least one information device arranged to process information, at least one integrated encryption segment arranged to encrypt the information using at least one encryption process enabled by a set of encryption key information incorporated in at least one secure information storage of the at least one information device, at least one destruction driver arranged to initiate and support at least one controllable energy release in a proximity of the at least one secure information storage of the at least one information device incorporating the set of encryption key information, such that at least fraction of the set of encryption key information has been obliterated during the controllable energy discharge.

主权项

1. An apparatus for prevention of tampering, unauthorized use, and unauthorized extraction of information from at least one secure system, comprising:
at least one information device arranged to communicate, assemble, control, process, or store information; at least one integrated encryption segment associated with at least one encryption device and arranged to encrypt the information using at least one encryption process enabled by at least one predetermined set of encryption key information incorporated in at least one information containing region of at least one secure information storage of the at least one information device; and at least one destruction driver arranged to deliver energy through at least one destruction conduit to at least one destruction device sufficient to initiate and support at least one controllable energy release in the at least one destruction device, the at least one destruction device positioned in a proximity of the at least one information containing region of the at least one secure information storage of the at least one information device and arranged to localize the at least one controllable energy release in a proximity of the at least one predetermined set of encryption key information, such that at least a fraction of the at least one predetermined set of encryption key information and at least a fraction of the at least one information containing region have been unrecoverably obliterated during the controllable energy release; wherein the obliterated fraction of the at least one predetermined set of encryption key information has been preselected to include a functional segment of encrypting key information necessary for decoding of the at least one information device communicated, assembled, controlled, processed, or stored information.