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Interface for a hardware security module

US11755719B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hans Aschauer · Eferding, AT
Rainer Falk · Poing, DE
Christian Peter Feist · Ingolstadt, DE
Daniel Schneider · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2018
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The following relates to a hardware security module for usage with manufacturing devices and a method for operating the same is provided. The security module includes: a secure element, which is adapted to detect an operating mode of the hardware security module; a first interface which is adapted to receive commands for controlling the hardware security module; a central processing unit for processing application program code in a secure environment; a second interface which is adapted for receiving configuration data, wherein the second interface is activated and deactivated in dependence of the detected operating mode.

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