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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bradley K. Goodman, Nashua, NH (US);
Joseph Caisse, Burlington, MA (US);
James Daniel Harms, Worthington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for securing endpoint devices are disclosed. Overtime, the functionality of endpoint devices may be modified as new software is developed. To secure endpoint devices, software images of the new software may be verified prior to execution. Information usable to verify the software images may be stored in a database. A set of rules may be used to verify the trustworthiness of the software images based on the content of the database. Another set of rules may be used to verify the content of the database.