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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Florian Fritz, Filderstadt, DE;
Timo Kussmaul, Boeblingen, DE;
Dennis Zeisberg, Bielefeld, DE;
Angel Nunez Mencias, Stuttgart, DE;
Dimitrij Pankratz, Boeblingen, DE;
Stefan Liesche, Boeblingen, DE;
Sebastian Hense, Boeblingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for securely transferring a secret from a source computing component to a target computing component, wherein the source computing component and the target computing component are part of a secure computing environment is disclosed. The method comprises upon the source computing component receiving from the target computing component a signed attestation document, verifying, by the source computing component, an authenticity and content of the attestation document, and upon a successful verification of the authenticity and the content, transferring, by the source computing component the secret to the target computing system. Thereby, the attestation document is attesting that the target computing component is compliant to an update governance rule.