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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Christian Peter Feist, Munich, DE;
Fabrizio De Santis, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for securely starting device software is provided, in particular an operating system, of an electronic device, wherein a plurality of successive software modules which contain software code are run by the device. The method has the steps of: a) running the first software module, b) loading the subsequent software module using the preceding software module, c) checking the software code of the subsequent software module and identifying security features using an identification scheme, d) evaluating the identified security features using a security, e) running the subsequent software module if the evaluation results in a value of trustworthiness that lies above a specified threshold, and f) running steps b) to e) for each of the subsequent software modules.