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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alpa Trivedi, Portland, OR (US);
Steffen Schulz, Darmstadt, DE;
Patrick Koeberl, Alsbach-Haenlein, DE;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to facilitate enabling late-binding of security features via configuration security controller for accelerator devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a security controller to manage security and configuration of the apparatus, wherein the security controller comprises a programmable portion and a non-programmable portion, and wherein the security controller is further to: initialize the programmable portion of the security controller as part of a secure boot and attestation chain of trust; receive configuration data for the programmable portion of the security controller, the programmable portion comprising components of the security controller capable of re-programming; verify and validate the configuration data as originating from a secure and trusted source; and responsive to successful verification and validation of the configuration data, re-program, during runtime of the apparatus, the programmable portion of the security controller using configurations that are based on a security threat model for a given deployment.