Context Analysis at an Information Handling System to Manage Authentication Cycles

摘要

Context captured with sensors of an information handling system is applied to selectively lock access to currently unlocked information, with conditions for locking access based upon the context. Nervous states enforce locking of selected information based upon the confidence of the security of the information under sensed external conditions. Increased sensitivity for locking access includes reduced timeouts to a lock command, increased response to sensed conditions, and more rapid response where unlocked access is to sensitive information.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing; a central processor unit disposed in the housing and operable to process information; memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the CPU, the memory operable to store information; an operating system stored in the memory and operable to execute on the CPU, the operating system having a security subsystem to lock access to information and to unlock access to information in response to an operating system authentication input by an end user; plural sensors disposed in the housing and operable to detect conditions external to the housing; and a context engine operable to execute on one or more processing components disposed in the housing, the context engine establishing a context based upon external conditions sensed by the plural sensors in response to the operating system authentication input by the end user.