Nagravision S.a.

Pascal Fuchs

Fabien Gremaud

Karine Villegas

Roan Hautier

Christophe Gogniat

Marc Bellocchio

A method is provided in which digital information is stored in a plurality of segments in an external memory. The method is performed by a processing device and comprises the steps of loading a first integrity table containing a plurality of first integrity elements respectively authenticating the plurality of segments of digital information, and an associated digital signature of the plurality of first integrity elements, from the external memory; verifying the digital signature associated with the first integrity table, and loading segments of digital information in a protected form from the external memory to the processing device.

Method for processing digital information

A secure element has a secure processor for securely processing the digital information stored in a memory external to the secure element, and a loading and pre-processing system configured to load the digital information from the external memory into the secure element, and pre-process said digital information by executing a cryptographic algorithm before processing said digital information by the secure processor. The system reads a version number of the digital information that has been loaded, from an internal memory of the secure element, and uses said version number in executing the cryptographic algorithm.

Secure element for securely processing digital information

The present invention describes a system and a method for securely loading digital information from an external storage device in a non-trusted environment into a memory module in a trusted environment within a data processing system. A master mode and a service mode are described, the master mode being when the secure loading is requested by a secure processor residing within the trusted environment and the service mode being when the loading is requested by an element which is external to the trusted environment i.e. in the non-trusted environment. The system comprises at least one storage device, one memory module and at least one first processor, and further comprises a memory access controller module connected between the processor and the memory module, and a secure memory management module connected to the processor, the memory module, the storage device and the memory access controller. Requests for data made by either the first processor or the external element are passed to the secure memory management module, which loads the data from the storage device to the memory module and configures the memory access controller such that the processor will have access to the data.

Secure memory management system and method

The present invention describes a system and a method for securely loading digital information from a storage device into a memory module in a data processing system, said data processing system comprising at least one storage device, one memory module and at least one processor, said data processing system further comprising a memory access controller module connected between the processor and the memory module, and a secure memory management module connected to the processor, the memory module, the storage device and the memory access controller. Requests by the processor for data are passed to the secure memory management module, which loads the data from the storage device to the memory module and configures the memory access controller such that the processor will have access to the data.

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Pascal Fuchs