COMPUTER SECURITY MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE OR HARDENED OPERATING SYSTEM

摘要

A SECURITY SCHEME PROVIDES SECURITY TO ONE OR MORE SELF-CONTAINED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT INSTANCES EXECUTING ON A COMPUTER (100). THE SECURITY SCHEME MAY INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING A SET OF SECURITY APPLICATIONS (202) THAT MAY BE CONTROLLED BY A SUPERVISORY PROCESS (128), OR THE LIKE. BOTH THE SET OF SECURITY APPLICATIONS (202) AND THE SUPERVISORY PROCESS (128) MAY OPERATE ON A HOST SYSTEM (102) OF THE COMPUTER, WHICH MAY ALSO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR EXECUTION OF THE ONE OR MORE SELF-CONTAINED OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS. THE SECURITY SCHEME PROTECTS PROCESSES RUNNING IN THE ONE OR MORE SELF-CONTAINED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT AND PROCESSES RUNNING ON THE COMPUTER OUTSIDE OF THE SELF-CONTAINED OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS.