Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Richard Brown

Keith Alexander Harrison

Marco Casassa Mont

Brian Quentin Monahan

Chris I Dalton

Siani Lynne Pearson

Jonathan Griffin

Christopher L Dalton

Andy Norman

Example implementations relate to facilitating scanning of protecting computing resources. In example implementations, a computing device receives a scan indicator that indicates an external agent is prepared to scan a protected resource of the computing device; identifies a protected action that may be performed by the data processor, the protected action facilitating scanning the protected resource of the computing device by the external agent, the protected action comprising a change in a state of the protected resource; performs the protected action; and provides the external agent with data indicating a current state of the protected resource.

Facilitating scanning of protected resources

A method includes executing a hypervisor () with computing hardware () to implement a virtual machine (); responsive to detecting a removable storage medium () communicatively coupled to the computing hardware (), executing a virtualized migration control appliance () through the hypervisor () separate from the virtual machine (); and blocking the virtual machine () from accessing data () stored by the removable storage medium () with the virtualized migration control appliance () if at least one governing policy prohibits the virtual machine () from accessing the data ().

Dynamic virtualization and policy-based access control of removable storage devices in a virtualized environment

A distributed data processing system includes individual data processing units that automatically communicate with a centralised data management unit in response to information objects being received or accessed by the data processing units. Data associated with information objects is communicated to the data management unit, thereby facilitating the automatic management of the information objects within the system.

Method and product for sharing logged data objects within a distributed storage system

The present invention discloses a credential transfer method for use on a distributed electronic network the method comprising the steps of a sender communicating to a recipient a credential index comprising an index referring to at least one credential, the recipient selecting at least one of the credentials from the index of at least one credential provided by the sender, the recipient communicating to the sender an indication of the selected at least one credential and the sender providing to the recipient at least one credential corresponding to the selected at least one credential. A corresponding method of communication, system and digital credential index are also disclosed.

Credential transfer method and apparatus including sender-derived index

A trusted computing environment, wherein each computing devicetoholds a policy specifying the degree to which it can trust the other devices in the environment. The policies are updated by an assessorwhich receives reports from trusted componentsin the computing devicestowhich identify the trustworthiness of the computing devicesto

Trusted computing environment

A method of communication is such that a first party () communicates a composite credential () across a distributed electronic network () to a second Party (). The composite credential () includes a plurality of credentials (-).

Communication and authentication of a composite credential utilizing obfuscation

The present invention provides a digital certificate (), the certificate comprising a credential attribute function () associated with a credential attribute property (), which credential attribute function is embedded in the certificate as an executable file, in which the credential attribute function can determine the value () of the credential attribute property at least partly by execution of the executable file. A corresponding method is also disclosed.

Digital certificates

The present invention provides a digital certificate () comprising a plurality of credential attribute properties (), and a trust function () embedded within the certificate as an executable file, which trust function can determine as a function of data () available to it a trust value () attributable to at least a part of the certificate at least partly by execution of the executable file. A corresponding method of communication is also disclosed.

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Richard Brown