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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hai Huang, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Jia Jun Brandon Lum, White Plains, NY (US);
Sahil Suneja, Ossining, NY (US);
Ricardo Andrei Koller Jemio, White Plains, NY (US);
Malgorzata Steinder, Leonia, NJ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques facilitating security hardening systems that host containers are provided. In one example, a system comprises: a memory that stores computer executable components; and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components comprise: a boot component performs a portion of a trusted boot sequence to securely boot the system to a defined secure state wherein one or more types of administrative access to a container memory are deactivated. The computer executable components also comprise: a core service component started as a part of the trusted boot sequence and that securely obtains one or more decryption keys for use with the container memory; and a runtime decryption component that uses the one or more decryption keys to perform runtime decryption of one or more files accessed by a container associated with the container memory.