Method and system for secure instantiation of an operation system within the cloud
US10154023B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/144
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is disclosed for executing a secure virtual machine stored in encrypted form in IaaS cloud such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. A first execution environment comprising a key access protocol for accessing a cipher key is initiated. The first execution environment executes the secure virtual machine by accessing a secret for use in deciphering the encrypted form of the secure virtual machine and providing same to allow the secure virtual machine to be executed.
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