Key transmission method and device of a virtual machine under full disk encryption during pre-boot

X Liu - US Patent App. 13/714,003, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. In a cloud computing scenario, magnetic disk data of a virtual
machine (Virtual Machine, VM), including data of a system disk and of a data disk, is under a …

Techniques for providing hardware security module operability

RW Griffin, JA Rosenthol - US Patent 8,694,781, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND A conventional hardware security module (HSM) is a hard ware device (eg,
a stand-alone appliance, a PCI card, a USB module, etc.) which electronically connects to a …

Host virtual machine assisting booting of a fully-encrypted user virtual machine on a cloud environment

X Liu - US Patent 9,317,316, 2016 - Google Patents
The disclosure provides a key transmission method and device of a virtual machine under
full disk encryption during pre-boot. The method includes: pre-booting the virtual machine …

Failover detection and treatment in checkpoint systems

SZ Jacobs, DA Larson, KA Lucke - US Patent 9,727,358, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for treatment of a hypervisor call sequence, in a system having a plurality of hosts,
includes assigning a host ID to a plurality of hosts in the system; identifying a first host ID for …

Cyber-physical system and method of monitoring virtual machine thereof

JA Shin, T Kim, CD Lim - US Patent 9,417,904, 2016 - Google Patents
A cyber-physical system and a method of monitoring a virtual machine thereof are provided.
The cyber-physical system includes a plurality of target controllers that includes middleware …

System and methods of distributing antivirus checking tasks among virtual machines in a virtual network

PN Yarykin, IB Godunov - US Patent 8,990,946, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND With recent advances in computer technology, the use of virtual machines
for different computing task has become very popular. A virtual machine (VM) is a software …

Protecting virtual machines processing sensitive information

RM Polansky - US Patent 9,824,225, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for protecting virtual machines processing
sensitive information are provided herein. A method includes processing a request for …

Key material management

SA Harp - US Patent 10,348,500, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for key material management are disclosed. One system can include
a virtual machine monitor (VMM) running on a host device and a number of virtual machines …

Failover detection and treatment in checkpoint systems

SZ Jacobs, DA Larson, KA Lucke - US Patent 9,727,357, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for treatment of a hypervisor call sequence, in a system having a plurality of hosts,
includes assigning a host ID to a plurality of hosts in the system; identifying a first host ID for …

Compartmentalization of the user network interface to a device

JS McMullan, TW Patrie, PL Djalaliev… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A device has physical network interface port through which a user can monitor and configure
the device. A backend process and a virtual machine (VM) execute on a host operating …