Enhancing zero-trust validator services in computer appliance supply chains

Abstract

If a computer appliance is shutting down at an appliance factory, a system identifies a factory-based state of the computer appliance at the appliance factory, wherein the factory-based state includes information about system configurations, user accounts, and/or system boot up parameters identified at the appliance factory. If the computer appliance boots up while onsite at a customer location, the system identifies an onsite-based state of the computer appliance that is onsite at a customer location, wherein the onsite-based state includes information about system configurations, user accounts, and/or system boot up parameters identified while onsite at the customer location. The system identifies any changes between the factory-based state of the computer appliance and the onsite-based state of the computer appliance. The system outputs a notification that enables any required action based on any identified changes between the factory-based state of the computer appliance and the onsite-based state of the computer appliance.