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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Samir Valjibhai Rajgor, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sachin Agarwal, Fremont, CA (US);
Srinivas Vundru, Cary, NC (US);
Tatiana Serguei Dorofeeva, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chirag Shroff, Cary, NC (US);
Srirajkumar Sundararaman, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring an Integrated Circuit (IC). The method includes a Root-Of-Trust (ROT) module to actuate a monitoring process to monitor at least one feature being performed in ongoing operations of the IC in accordance with a policy. The ROT module receives data that defines the policy that includes at least one feature being performed. A validating process is applied by the ROT module to data by using firmware and by using at least one built-in key of a plurality of built-in keys retrieved from a secure storage. The ROT module determines whether at least one feature is being performed in the ongoing operations of the IC in compliance with the policy. The ROT module applies an impairing process to impair at least one feature of the plurality of features being performed to attempt to place the performance of the ongoing operations of the IC in compliance with the policy.