Intel Corporation

Nathaniel J Goss

Ned M Smith

Micah James Sheller

Nathan Heldt-Sheller

Kevin C Wells

Sindhu Pandian

Hannah L Scurfield

Bernard N Keany

Brad H Needham

William C Deleeuw

Thomas Gerard Willis

Thomas G Willis

Technologies for authenticating a user of a computing device based on an authentication context state includes generating context state outputs indicative of various context states of a mobile computing device based on sensor data generated by sensors of the mobile computing device. An authentication manager of the computing device implements an authentication state machine to authenticate a user of the computing device. The authentication state machine includes a number of authentication states, and each authentication state includes one or more transitions to another authentication state. Each of the transitions is dependent upon a context state output. The computing device may also include a device security manager, which implements a security state machine that includes a number of security states. Transition between security states is dependent upon the present authentication state of the user. The device security manager may implement a different security function in each security state.

Technologies for authenticating a user of a computing device based on authentication context state

In one embodiment, a system comprises: a processor including at least one core to execute instructions; a plurality of sensors, including a first sensor to determine location information regarding a location of the system; and a security engine to apply a security policy to the system. In this embodiment, the security engine includes a policy logic to determine one of a plurality of security policies to apply based at least in part on the location information, where the location information indicates a location different than locations associated with the plurality of security policies. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Provisioning location-based security policy

In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that are associated with user profile selection using contextual authentication. In various embodiments, a first user of a computing device may be authenticated and have an access control state corresponding to a first user profile established, the computing device may select a second user profile based at least in part a changed user characteristic, and the computing device may present a resource based at least in part on the second user profile. In various embodiments, the computing device may include a sensor and a user profile may be selected based at least in part on an output of the sensor and a previously stored template generated by a machine learning classifier.

User profile selection using contextual authentication

Technologies for utilizing trusted messaging include a local computing device including a message client and a local trusted message module established in a trusted execution environment. The local trusted message module performs attestation of a remote computing device based on communication with a corresponding remote trusted message module established in a trusted execution environment of the remote computing device. The local trusted message module further exchanges, with the remote trusted message module, cryptographic keys in response to successful attestation of the remote computing device. The message client forwards outgoing messages to the local trusted message module and receives incoming messages from the local trusted message module. To securely transmit an outgoing message to the remote computing device, the local trusted message module receives the outgoing message from the message client, encrypts the outgoing message, and cryptographically signs the outgoing message, prior to transmittal to the remote trusted message module of the remote computing device. To securely receive an incoming message from the remote computing device, the local trusted message module receives the incoming message from the remote trusted message module of the remote computing device, decrypts the incoming message, and verifies a cryptographic signature of the incoming message, based on the exchanged cryptographic keys and prior to transmittal of the incoming message to the message client.

Virally distributable trusted messaging

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Nathaniel J Goss