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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Gameelah Ghafoor, Scotland, GB;
Graham Flett, Scotland, GB;
NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for computer pre-boot security verification. Some embodiments are implemented during a boot sequence of a computer that controls Self-Service Terminal (SST) operation before a main Operating System (OS) of the computer is loaded. One such embodiment in the form of a method includes starting a pre-boot OS upon start of a computer that controls operation of an SST and identifying any variances between a current state of the computer and data representative of a reference state within a computing environment of the pre-boot OS. This example method further includes performing at least one remedial action when any variance is identified and launching a main OS and stopping and unloading the pre-boot OS when no variance is identified.