Method and system for securing a device

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method and system for securing a device (e.g. a security token). The method comprising the steps of: providing physical actuation mechanism (e.g. a switch) to the device; disabling some function(s) of the device (e.g. the communication channel with the host); upon actuating the physical actuation mechanism, enabling the disabled function(s). The method further comprises disabling the enabled function(s) of the device after a time period, or after the enabled function(s) has been completed. This way the disabled function(s) of the device can be activated only by the user thereof, in contrary to a hacker, which cannot physically access the actuation mechanism.