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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Diebold Nixdorf Systems, Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Diebold Nixdorf Systems, GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
According to various embodiments, a forensics module () for an embedded system may comprise: a secured memory area () comprising first data implementing a key (); an interface () for reading () second data () representing a system state of the embedded system (); and one or more than one processor () configured to: read () the second data () by means of the interface (), wherein the second data () comprises a plurality of data sets; determine () a commitment () to a plurality of aperture values, each aperture value being associated with exactly one of the plurality of data sets, based on the second data () and using a cryptographic commitment process configured such that each data set may be individually verified using the commitment () and the respective associated aperture value; encrypt () the second data () and the plurality of aperture values using the key ().